Data Scientist London, England
Job description
About the Company
Oodle is making car buying easy. Our customers rely on their cars for work commute, school pick-ups, and once-in-a-lifetime road trips. For many people it is their largest purchase. We are working hard every day to make buying one better. We use the latest technology to deliver the absolute best customer and business outcomes: from an industry-leading inclusive lending algorithm to digital-first application journeys and best-in-class customer support teams. In just six years we have already helped over 100,000 customers, achieved 4.7* Trustpilot score, have been named one of Finovate's Top 50 Fintechs in Europe and Sifted's Top 20 European Fintechs to follow in 2020, and recognized as one of The Best Companies to work for in both 2020 and 2021. The car market is one of the UK's largest retail markets and we are ready to disrupt it.
The Role & Team:
Oodle are looking for a Data Scientist to help us take our Data Science capability to the next level. There is an abundance of exciting and challenging projects to get your hands on! If you love owning your work, love data, love programming and driving business outcomes then come and join us in our fun and exciting journey! We have a hybrid working policy, with the team based primarily in Shoreditch, London, spending 1-2 days per week in the office.
What You'll Do:
Apply a combination of analytical and programming skills to develop, implement and deploy to production data science models/algorithms to achieve some of Oodle's key business objectives. You will contribute to maintenance and development of related production system. You will report into the central Data Science function to develop data science capability and work on projects in business areas such as Credit Risk and Loan Processing. You will have opportunities to work with the wider Data team, the Credit Risk function, Product and Engineering.
Our main programming languages are python are SQL.
You will:
- Develop and deploy data science models/algorithms to achieve Oodle's key business objectives, leveraging internal and external data such as credit bureau data.
- Maintain and develop Oodle's loan application decisioning system which makes automated lending decisions fundamental to the success of the business and best customer outcomes.
- Conduct data and insight analysis as an integral part of data science project life cycle.
- Work with subject matter experts to create solutions that 'make sense'.
- Communicate to stakeholders across the business on properties and performance of the data science models.
- Extract, understand, and manipulate relevant data.
- Support model monitoring and governance.
- Contribute to how the data and technology stack are structured to suit the data science team in the future.
Who you are:
- Demonstrable project experience applying a combination of analytical/modelling and programming skills, from either work experience or university thesis/projects.
- Programming experience in Python / R or other object-oriented languages.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excited by being hands-on in data wrangling and develop deep data understanding.
- Solid understanding of regression and classification principles.
Desirable experience:
- Experience of working with bureau data not required but a major plus.
- Experience in Python and SQL.
- Experience in version control, e.g., Git.
- Successfully completed a quantitative subject (e.g., computer science, physics, engineering) to degree level or above.
What you can expect from Oodle
Oodle have a great People experience team who are dedicated to making your time with us as safe, fun and, productive as possible. There are no limits to the support you will receive at Oodle, but here are the main benefits and perks you can expect:
- Performance Bonus (dependent upon Company and personal performance)
- Pension & Healthcare
- Life Insurance (4xSalary)
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Paid volunteering day
- Enhanced Maternity Pay and Shared Parental Leave
- Menopause Support (Paid Leave)
- Tusker Salary Sacrifice EV Leasing Scheme
Oodle staff love to have a fun time, enjoy each other's company socially and learn new skills. We also value work-life balance, our global environment, and our families. That's why we run with flexible hours and hybrid working, enjoy paid time off volunteering with our nominated charity and benefit from continuous training and development from our internal L&D Academy.
Even more perks:
- Seasonal social events.
- Caboodle (Reward Gateway – Discount Portal)
- Care First Employee Assistance Programme
- Talent Referral Bonus Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Drinks fridges, great coffee and breakfast all laid on free!
Does this all sound like a job you would excel in and a company you would thrive in?
Then do not delay, apply now!
If you would like us to provide adaptions or require support for your interviews, please reach out to [email protected] and have a chat in complete confidence.
