Senior Data Scientist Job in Bengaluru at Tesco

Tesco is hiring for the role of Senior Data Scientist!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Need to leverage your analytical mindset to find solutions to complex problems.
• Need to understand difficult business problems and prototype solutions with minimal support.
• Applying modifying and designing algorithms and mathematical models to solve business problems is a core component of the role.
• Document and present the solution approaches and performances; as well as communicate complex solutions in a clear; understandable way to non-experts.
• Data Scientists are also responsible for promoting data science across Tesco and promoting Tesco across the external Data Science community. 

Requirements:

• We are looking for ambitious individuals with a mix of mathematical optimization; programming and statistics skills. 
• The role requires that you have an extensive background in Operational Research and metaheuristic domain.
• A track record in designing and modifying advanced heuristic and metaheuristic algorithms and applying those to large-scale real-world problems.
• Project and stakeholder management experience is preferred.
• You should be able to demonstrate a deep knowledge of state-of-the-art approaches and algorithms in combinatorial optimisation.
• You should be enthused to apply these techniques in a commercial or industrial setting; and encourage collaboration and communication between teams.
• An ideal candidate will have a scientific mentality with the ability to ask the right questions; as well as answer them.
• A doctoral degree in an area of operational research or similar equivalent industrial experience is preferable; as well as a solid understanding of mathematics and statistical principles.
• Finally; strong programming skills are essential (Java and Python are preferred) as well as familiarity with software engineering best practices (such as version control; OOP; unit testing; CI/CD) and cloud technologies.