Data Scientist
Location: Exeter, Devon (Hybrid-working minimum of 2 days in the office; candidate must be based locally). Salary: c£55,000 per year. Benefits: Pension, Bonus, Life Insurance, Healthcare, and others.
Opportunity
My client, a company in the sustainability sector, is seeking a permanent Data Scientist to drive the evolution of their analytics capabilities and help them move beyond traditional reporting.
Responsibilities
* Design and implement models and algorithms.
* Replace manual Excel and VBA workflows with robust automated Python pipelines; ensure insights run reliably without manual intervention.
* Translate complex datasets into clear interactive narratives that drive strategic action across all departments.
* Build reproducible, code-first data products that power internal decision‑making and customer‑facing features.
* Play a central role in the transition to an Azure‑native stack from legacy systems, utilizing Python, Spark, and cloud computing to automate complex workflows.
Qualifications
* Expert proficiency in Python for data manipulation and automation; comfortable writing production‑grade code.
* Advanced SQL skills for querying and transforming data from disparate sources.
* Hands‑on experience with Spark (PySpark) or similar big data frameworks and distributed computing environments.
* Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably Azure (Data Lake, Databricks, Data Factory).
* Experience using Jupyter/Databricks Notebooks for analysis and VS Code for pipeline development.
* Experience working in an agile environment using Git for version control to manage codebases and collaborative workflows.
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