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Data Scientist London, England

Entain

Full Time London, England 44400 - 75000 GBP ANNUAL Today

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About The Role

WHO ARE WE

We’re Entain, and our vision is a simple one; to be the world leader in sports betting and gaming entertainment by creating the most exciting and trusted experience for our customers, revolutionising the gambling space as we go. We're home to a global family of more than 25 well-known brands we’re pretty sure you will have heard of before – Ladbrokes, Coral, Foxy Bingo, Gala Bingo, PartyPoker, Bwin... the list goes on.

Don’t just read about our journey though, check out this video whilst you review the rest of this job advert. Watch here: We’re Entain.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

We offer a competitive industry salary package plus a generous annual company bonus, but that's not all. As an employee at Entain you will have access to a bespoke benefits platform which lets you customise your benefits so they are truly unique to you, and what benefits you.

This includes options to opt-in to share save schemes, increase your annual leave accrual, access to professional development tools, retail discount vouchers, health care plans, free subscription to Unmind and much more more.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

We are looking for a passionate, and curious Data Scientist who will help us discover and monetise the information hidden in our unmatched data sets, helping us make smarter decisions to better serve our customers, and grow our products. We work on exciting and novel machine learning problems, with a modern and evolving technology stack; finding the right answer, not just the first answer to these key initiatives.

We are a global team operating across the Entain portfolio, embedded into the business activities across all our geographies and brands; with a clear mandate to support customer acquisition, retention, and protection.

Our project portfolio is both broad and deep, and our work is visible and impactful to the company’s vision and success.

You can choose one of our established offices in London, Nottingham, Manchester, Gibraltar or Vienna. You will benefit from access to learning resources and conferences and be part of a fun and inspirational work environment.

You will be a key player working alongside experienced data scientists on exciting initiatives which determine the future of our products (critically, you will not be focusing on building dashboards and reports).

WHAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN

Building models and machine-learning algorithms, taking the opportunity from ideation through to deployment in our live production environment
Analysing large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns, presenting the results in a commercial impactful manner
Extracting and interpreting the business insights and provide recommendations based on those insights
Appling mathematical rigor and a highly refined sense of both "where to look next" and "what to do instead" when performing your analysis
Undertaking pre-processing of structured and unstructured data for your analytics
Conducting research and development activities, data exploration and discovery, develop prototypes, algorithms and proof of concepts, leveraging leading data science and technology solutions – bring in the best of the wider community to the team.
For the full list of role duties you will support on within this role, you can download our full role spec on our careers page within the job profile!

WHO ARE YOU

Experienced in the application of data science, having applied these concepts in CRM or other commercial settings
Strong data science understanding and experience of solution delivery from idea to production
Pragmatic thinking & high degree of attention to detail; able to operate as an individual contributor, as well as part of a larger team Experience in working with vast amounts of data to detect trends and patterns
Comfortable working with ambiguous requirements, and translating these into testable experiments, challenging and clarifying scope and success measures as needed.
Commercial acumen - interested in the business applications of the model not just the techniques behind the models themselves
Development experience in Python, SQL (including concepts like sliding window, partition-based calculations); plus, key concepts such as version control.

We are also keen for people to be naturally motivated, curious and eager to learn. We love honesty and integrity, live and breathe team spirit and play as one team. If that sounds like a team and company you want to thrive within, we would love to hear from you.

About The Company

We’re Entain. Powered by our very own technology and building products that push boundaries, Entain is home to a global family of more than 25 well-known brands and over 24,000 people, but we all play for the same team. When we win, we win together. Our vision is to be the world leader in betting, gaming and interactive entertainment by bringing moments of excitement into people’s lives. We will achieve this through our focus on sustainability and growth, driving change in the fast-paced world of entertainment.

Diversity and inclusion at Entain

As a global employer, Entain is committed to providing a safe, fun, and inclusive culture where our people feel like they truly belong. We are a multicultural business that values, celebrates and respects individual differences, so whatever your sexuality, gender, gender identity, ability, age, race, religion or belief, you will have a voice here, and the space to do your best work. Our diverse internal networks provide the support for you to express your views and make a positive difference.

Wellbeing at Entain

We want our employees to feel healthy and supported at home and at work. That's why we have our Well-me programme, which provides information, tools and training to help our people look after their mental and physical wellbeing in ways that matter to them.

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