Principal Data Scientist

Who we are

Trellisbound employs 4,500 people across engineering hubs in London and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

We're hiring another Principal Data Scientist to build models and run analyses that change decisions on pricing, retention and demand. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in the US, with a local contract and salary paid in USD. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time.

Your responsibilities

• Partner with data engineering on feature tables and data quality
• Develop time series forecasts with Prophet, statsmodels or gradient-boosted approaches
• Package reusable code instead of leaving it in one-off notebooks
• Review peers' analyses for statistical correctness
• Estimate causal effects with difference-in-differences, propensity matching or regression discontinuity

What you'll need

• 8+ years of applied data science experience
• Data visualization in matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly or a BI tool
• Ability to communicate uncertainty and tradeoffs to non-technical audiences
• Comfort with Jupyter, VS Code or Databricks notebooks
• Solid grasp of statistical inference, regression and experimental design
• Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL

Pay and benefits

Compensation: $181,000 - $245,000 per year

• Performance bonus
• Company laptop
• Home office setup budget
• Flexible hours
• Monthly internet allowance
• Co-working space stipend

Trellisbound is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

If this sounds like a fit, apply with a resume. A cover letter is optional.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Trellisbound.