Data Scientist - Optimisation & Operations Research North West London (Hybrid, 3 days on-site) | £550 - £750 /day The Opportunity We're recruiting on behalf of a globally recognised organisation undergoing a major transformation in how it uses data to drive operational decisions. This is a rare chance to work on genuinely complex, high-impact decision-support software - embedding cutting-edge optimisation and machine learning directly into live operations. You'll join a high-performing, Agile product squad as a full-stack Data Scientist, sitting at the intersection of data engineering, ML, and operations research. What You'll Be Doing Designing and delivering optimisation and ML models (linear/mixed-integer programming, heuristics, supervised/unsupervised learning) in Python, from prototype to production Building robust, automated data pipelines and integrating models into cloud-based deployment pipelines with CI/CD Owning features end-to-end - from stakeholder requirements through to algorithm hardening, edge-case handling, and value measurement Working with orchestration frameworks (Dagster/Airflow), experiment tracking (MLflow), and containerised infrastructure (Docker/ECS) Collaborating closely with business stakeholders and contributing to roadmap and feature prioritisation What We're Looking For Strong operational research and optimisation background - this is a must Fluent Python, with h...