Senior Data Scientist - Consumer Twins

Salary: £46,000 - 86,000 per year

Requirements:

• Solid experience working as a data scientist on real-world, production problems
• Strong Python skills, or a similar language used in applied data science
• Experience with supervised learning and unsupervised techniques such as anomaly detection
• Exposure to cloud-based model training, deployment and automation
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability for data science outputs
• Experience working with large consumer datasets or high-traffic platforms is an advantage, but not essential

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy machine-learning models in production environments
• Work end to end across the data science lifecycle, including problem definition, modelling, deployment and monitoring
• Analyse new and existing data sources to improve decision-making and model performance
• Design feedback loops that continuously improve outcomes and data quality
• Collaborate closely with engineers to deliver scalable, reliable model predictions
• Communicate technical insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• Model Training
• Python

More:

We are Kantar, the worlds leading data, insights and consulting company. We work with advanced technologies and an AI platform called Consumer Twins, which simulates consumer behaviour at scale and helps our products test scenarios and predict outcomes before they happen. You will join a collaborative team of data scientists, analysts and engineers working on complex, mission-critical platforms that support large-scale research operations around the world. We offer flexible hybrid working, 25 days leave, 2 days paid for volunteering and life event leave, a competitive salary and bonus, company pension, enhanced parental leave, healthcare options and a wide range of flexible benefits. This role is based in Reading, Kings Road, United Kingdom, with our tech environment currently including AWS technologies and new development increasingly aligned to Azure. We are not able to offer visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.

last updated 36 week of 2026