Senior Data Scientist / ML Engineer (Forecasting) | NDA

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>GT was founded in 2019 by a former Apple, Nest, and Google executive.</strong> GT’s mission is to connect the world’s best talent with product careers offered by high-growth companies in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.<br />Our clients operate in industries like <strong>healthcare, life sciences, fintech, retail, e-commerce, finance and many more</strong> - giving our team exposure to real-world, high-impact projects.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re looking for a <strong>Senior Data Scientist / ML Engineer </strong>to join a UK-based client in the healthcare and pharmacy domain.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The role combines forecasting and machine learning with end-to-end ownership of solution delivery, from project discovery and stakeholder collaboration through model development, deployment, and productionisation.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Location</strong>: Nottingham, UK</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Office attendance</strong>: 1-2 days per week in the Nottingham office.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Project duration</strong>: 6 months (with possible extension).</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br /><strong>Project Details</strong>:<br />The project focuses on developing a forecasting solution for a large healthcare network.<br />It uses historical clinic and marketing data to predict clinic usage and staffing needs, helping optimize scheduling and resource allocation.<br />The goal is to build a scalable, data-driven platform that improves operational efficiency.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design, train, and deploy ML models for time-series forecasting and related data tasks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and maintain data pipelines using cloud-native tools (AWS, GCP, or Azure)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop and optimize forecasting models (Prophet, ARIMA, LSTM, TimeGPT)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with data, product, and cloud engineers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Participate in different stages of the project lifecycle - from discovery and PoC to production deployment, presenting your work to stakeholders</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work closely with business stakeholders and SMEs to gather requirements, shape solutions, and drive project discovery</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Communicate modelling approaches, assumptions, and results to both technical and non-technical audiences</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Essential knowledge, skills &amp; experience (must-have):</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">4+ years of commercial experience in Data Science / Machine Learning</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Hands-on experience with: </p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Databricks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Notebooks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">PySpark</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Workflows</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deployment through Asset Bundles</p></li></ul></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience building, deploying, and maintaining production ML solutions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Broad experience across multiple ML domains, including:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Forecasting / Time-Series Modelling</strong></p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Regression</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Classification</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Gradient Boosting models (e.g. XGBoost, LightGBM)</p></li></ul></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong <strong>Python</strong> skills (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with model evaluation, performance monitoring, and accuracy metrics</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Version control (Git)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working with cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP also considered)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">SQL</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Fluent English </strong></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Nice-to-have:</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Retail or similar consumer-facing industry experience</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Azure DevOps:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Repos</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Boards</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Pipelines</p></li></ul></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with Databricks model training and inference workflows</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Databricks Apps and Lakebase</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with RAG pipelines</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with vector databases (Weaviate, Milvus)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with LLM evaluation frameworks (e.g. DeepEval)</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Soft Skills</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong sense of ownership and accountability</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong stakeholder management skills</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proactive attitude and ability to work independently</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Clear and confident communication with both tech and non-tech stakeholders</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable working in ambiguity and helping define requirements</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strategic thinking and focus on business impact</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Team player</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Interview Steps</strong></h2><ol style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">GT interview with Recruiter</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Technical interview</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Final interview</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Reference check</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Security check</p></li></ol><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>