Senior Data Scientist
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Position Overview & Specifications
Senior Data Scientist – Central London Office
We are looking for a senior data scientist who will help us deliver value to our stakeholders through the development of algorithmic and data-driven solutions. We are looking for someone who can take an end-to-end understanding of our measurement challenges, and lead the delivery of data-led algorithmic solutions to address real-world problems in remote healthcare monitoring.
Key Responsibilities
· Work within a multi-disciplinary team to identify and implement new technical approaches to improve the performance of our products and help us deliver better solutions and provide more value to patients, clinicians and healthcare systems. Expect creative thinking, and stepping outside your area of expertise.
· Share your technical expertise and knowledge and provide mentorship to improve capabilities across the team and wider company.
· Contribute to our existing data science capability and communicate key analyses and results within Entia.
· Be pro-active in helping to develop an understanding of our problem space, and help us test and develop faster.
Must-haves
· Experience in developing and owning software solutions in Python to novel problems with unpredictable input (examples include computer vision, signal processing, machine learning, cell-counting, etc.).
· A background in applying fundamental statistical concepts to complex real-world problems.
· A track-record in identifying and experimenting with a variety of data-driven algorithmic techniques, and an ability to relate context to modelling and analysis assumptions.
· Experience in the design of experiments and working with data to form hypotheses and solve problems.
· Experienced at communicating effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders.
· Able to take a pro-active lead to defining and solving problems.
· Highly proficient with standard data science techniques e.g. pandas, matplotlib, seaborn etc. to clean and manipulate messy data to gain insights and visualise.
Highly Desirable
· Experience developing solutions that utilise computer vision and image processing techniques.
Nice-to-haves (or teachable on the job)
· Experience supporting the definition of hardware that will provide data for machine-learning/signal processing systems.
· Experience in heavily regulated industries working to standards, including the development of medical and diagnostic devices.
· Experience delivering complex data science projects in a medical context.
· Experience in various stages of clinical trial design and analysis.
· An understanding of fluid rheology and blood.
· Experience working within Agile/Lean methodologies/teams.
· Experience in writing production level code, especially on embedded platforms.
· Experience in working with structured and unstructured datasets to quickly form.
What we can offer you
This is an opportunity to work in a unique multi-disciplinary team who are pushing the bounds with the development of the first-of-its-kind diagnostic device. Our teams are structured in a way that allows us to rapidly deliver value to patients which we believe is by a process of continuously challenging ourselves to learn more and to deliver better.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £55,000.00-£70,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Data Scientist roles across BioTalent's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Biotech & Pharmaceuticals.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £55,000 - £70,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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