Data Scientist - Ad Campaign Performance

Experienced Data Scientist
12 month contract TBC
Market Rate - Depending on experience level
IR35 Status Outside TBC
Hybrid/Remote (UK Right to work) with Travel to London

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist to work on a new initiative focused on building and deploying a modeling solution to predict and optimize advertising campaign performance as part of a customer-facing SaaS product. Experience in the Media/Advertising sector or similar is preferred.

Experience - Must-have skills:

• Several years of commercial experience as a Data Scientist
• Strong understanding and practical experience in data science and statistical principles such as applied statistics, model selection, cross-validation, objective functions, hyperparameter tuning, and optimization problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate data science concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Proficiency in Python programming, including object-oriented programming and performance optimization
• Experience developing and deploying production machine learning applications on cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS and Azure acceptable)
• Familiarity with Python ML packages such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, scikit-learn, SciPy, NumPy, pandas
• Strong SQL skills for data preparation and feature engineering
• Knowledge of MLOps principles, including automated retraining, monitoring, and deployment strategies
• Basic understanding of containerization and tools like Docker

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with Google Cloud ML tools like Vertex AI Pipelines and BigQuery
• Experience with dbt (data build tool)
• Previous work with advertising data
• Experience with FastAPI or similar Python API frameworks
• Proficiency with dashboarding tools such as Looker Studio, Tableau, or PowerBI
• Experience working on SaaS applications
• Knowledge of Kubeflow Pipelines
• Experience developing on Mac/Unix environments
• Understanding of CICD pipeline design and implementation
• Experience with GenAI, LLMs, or neural networks
• A/B testing or statistical hypothesis testing experience

Our commitment to diversity:

At PCR Digital, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion at all stages of our recruitment process. We strive to foster a varied and supportive company culture and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are a London-based recruitment agency specializing in technology roles across digital, broadcast, VOD, and enterprise IT sectors. We are committed to supporting our candidates and providing opportunities that match their skills and aspirations.