Contract Data Scientist (Remote)
May 2, 2025
About YLD:
Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Great technology companies are built on incredible design, engineering and strategy, working in unison, operating at the very heart of an organisation and its audience. Enabling organisations to become great technology companies is our mission, and our promise to our clients. We aim to leave them with the mindset, tools, skills and expertise they need to go beyond their own expectations, revolutionise their sectors, and for us to be proud of the change we create with them and their customers.
Our Mission:
Our purpose is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our success is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful. Our company is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon, Porto.
Tasks
As a Data Scientist in this role you will analyse data and report results to help inform decision making, use data insights to design, build Machine Learning algorithms as well as design and perform experiments to test the effectiveness of products we help our client build and actions they take.
Requirements
Technical competencies:
Masters/PhD or equivalent experience in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Sciences or Operational Research
- Experienced in applying Machine Learning to real-world problems
- Comfortable coding in Python and SQL (BigQuery)
- Experienced with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)
- Familiarity with Github or other version-management products
Non-Technical competencies:
- Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs
- Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and take care of client expectations effectively
- Distinct customer focus and quality mindset
- An exemplar of YLD s brand and safe guarder of our reputation
- Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas in a simple fashion
Benefits
What you ll get in return:
The chance to work with a forward thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast moving business
Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:
- 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
- SQL interview (30/40mins)
- Technical Interview with our Data Scientists (1h)
We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:
- Growing every day
- Including everyone
- Relationships built on honesty and ethics
- Inspiring solutions
- Winning together
We re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. We also believe in work-life balance and offer flexible working around our core hours.
