Data Scientist

About the role

Job Description At Tesco; our Data Science team focuses on
modelling complex business problems and deploying data products at scale. Ourwork spans across multiple areas including physical stores; online; supplychain; marketing and Clubcard; where we encourage rotation amongst our DataScientists so they can gain expertise in different subjects. We work on severaldomains and problem types: online; pricing; security; fulfilment; distribution;property; IoT and computer vision are just some. Our team members spend 10% oftheir week on learning and personal development. Multiple academiccollaborations enrich the team expertise; knowledge sharing events are regular.Furthermore; we have a great work-life balance; team days and relaxed butengaging culture. ROLE DESCRIPTION This is a hands-on position where you willneed to leverage your analytical mindset to find solutions to complex problems.As a Data Scientist; you will need to understand difficult business problemsand prototype solutions with minimal support. Apply; modify and designalgorithms and mathematical models to solve business problems on top of bigdata architectures (Hadoop; Spark) is a core component of the role. Our datascientists will need to be able to validate; document and present the modelingprocess and performances; as well as communicate complex solutions in a clear;understandable way to non-experts. Data Scientists are also responsible forpromoting data science across Tesco and promote Tesco across the external DataScience community. CANDIDATE DESCRIPTION We are looking for ambitiousindividuals with a mix of statistics; programming; and machine learning skills.The role requires that you have an extensive background in machine learning anddata mining. A track record in modifying and designing advanced algorithms andapplying them to large data sets is essential. An ideal candidate will have ascientific mentality with the ability to ask the right questions; as well asanswer them. A strong numerical higher degree in a mathematical; scientific;engineering or computer science discipline is preferable; as well as a solidunderstanding of mathematics and statistical principles. Experience in one ormore of the following fields is required: predictive modelling; operationalresearch; deep learning; and time series modelling. Finally; strong programmingexperience (Python is preferred).

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Job Description At Tesco; our Data Science team focuses on
modelling complex business problems and deploying data products at scale. Ourwork spans across multiple areas including physical stores; online; supplychain; marketing and Clubcard; where we encourage rotation amongst our DataScientists so they can gain expertise in different subjects. We work on severaldomains and problem types: online; pricing; security; fulfilment; distribution;property; IoT and computer vision are just some. Our team members spend 10% oftheir week on learning and personal development. Multiple academiccollaborations enrich the team expertise; knowledge sharing events are regular.Furthermore; we have a great work-life balance; team days and relaxed butengaging culture. ROLE DESCRIPTION This is a hands-on position where you willneed to leverage your analytical mindset to find solutions to complex problems.As a Data Scientist; you will need to understand difficult business problemsand prototype solutions with minimal support. Apply; modify and designalgorithms and mathematical models to solve business problems on top of bigdata architectures (Hadoop; Spark) is a core component of the role. Our datascientists will need to be able to validate; document and present the modelingprocess and performances; as well as communicate complex solutions in a clear;understandable way to non-experts. Data Scientists are also responsible forpromoting data science across Tesco and promote Tesco across the external DataScience community. CANDIDATE DESCRIPTION We are looking for ambitiousindividuals with a mix of statistics; programming; and machine learning skills.The role requires that you have an extensive background in machine learning anddata mining. A track record in modifying and designing advanced algorithms andapplying them to large data sets is essential. An ideal candidate will have ascientific mentality with the ability to ask the right questions; as well asanswer them. A strong numerical higher degree in a mathematical; scientific;engineering or computer science discipline is preferable; as well as a solidunderstanding of mathematics and statistical principles. Experience in one ormore of the following fields is required: predictive modelling; operationalresearch; deep learning; and time series modelling. Finally; strong programmingexperience (Python is preferred).

Whats in it for you?

Job Description At Tesco; our Data Science team focuses on
modelling complex business problems and deploying data products at scale. Ourwork spans across multiple areas including physical stores; online; supplychain; marketing and Clubcard; where we encourage rotation amongst our DataScientists so they can gain expertise in different subjects. We work on severaldomains and problem types: online; pricing; security; fulfilment; distribution;property; IoT and computer vision are just some. Our team members spend 10% oftheir week on learning and personal development. Multiple academiccollaborations enrich the team expertise; knowledge sharing events are regular.Furthermore; we have a great work-life balance; team days and relaxed butengaging culture. ROLE DESCRIPTION This is a hands-on position where you willneed to leverage your analytical mindset to find solutions to complex problems.As a Data Scientist; you will need to understand difficult business problemsand prototype solutions with minimal support. Apply; modify and designalgorithms and mathematical models to solve business problems on top of bigdata architectures (Hadoop; Spark) is a core component of the role. Our datascientists will need to be able to validate; document and present the modelingprocess and performances; as well as communicate complex solutions in a clear;understandable way to non-experts. Data Scientists are also responsible forpromoting data science across Tesco and promote Tesco across the external DataScience community. CANDIDATE DESCRIPTION We are looking for ambitiousindividuals with a mix of statistics; programming; and machine learning skills.The role requires that you have an extensive background in machine learning anddata mining. A track record in modifying and designing advanced algorithms andapplying them to large data sets is essential. An ideal candidate will have ascientific mentality with the ability to ask the right questions; as well asanswer them. A strong numerical higher degree in a mathematical; scientific;engineering or computer science discipline is preferable; as well as a solidunderstanding of mathematics and statistical principles. Experience in one ormore of the following fields is required: predictive modelling; operationalresearch; deep learning; and time series modelling. Finally; strong programmingexperience (Python is preferred).

About Us

As one of the world’s largest retailers and the
largest private employer in the United Kingdom (second largest after the UKgovernment) Tesco serves millions of customers a week in our stores and onlineportal. Tesco Bengaluru is the only international technology and retailoperations centre for Tesco worldwide – we make the Tesco experience better formillions of our customers and simpler for over 4,60,000 colleagues around theworld. Established in 2004, Tesco Bengaluru is pivotal to Tesco, and we enableits business with our expertise in technology, business operations, property,finance and commercial services.