Experienced Data Scientist12 month contract TBCMarket Rate - Depending on experience levelIR35 Status Outside TBCHybrid/Remote (UK Right to work) with Travel to LondonExperienced Data Scientist working on a new initiative to build and deploy a modelling solution to predict and optimise advertising campaign performance as part of a productionised, customer-facing SaaS product. Ideally looking for experience in Media/Advertising sector or similar.Experience - Must-haves: Must have a number of years working commercially as a Data Scientist Solid understanding of and real-world experience implementing data science and statistical principles - e.g. applied statistics, model selection, cross-validation, objective functions, hyperparameter tuning, continuous and discrete optimisation problems, etc. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to explain data science principles with clarity to non-technical stakeholders when required Extensive knowledge of Python programming principles including object-oriented programming, performance optimisation Experience developing and deploying productionised Machine Learning applications on a cloud platform (GCP ideal, AWS and Azure also acceptable) Experience with common Python packages for Machine Learning - examples include PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, scikit-learn, SciPy, NumPy, pandas, etc. Strong knowledge of SQL and its use for data preparation and feature engineering Understanding of and practical experience with implementing MLOps princip