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Staff Data Scientist - Network
Relay
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · On-site (see listing for address)
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
Key details
- Own the integrated forecast end to end, blending live tracking signals with model-generated parcels into a single view by area from today to thirty days ahead
- Build the hardest models in the area, including the long-horizon forecast, inbound-international volume forecast, and parcel size and weight models
- Set the methodology and validation standards for Demand Forecasting, defining how models are evaluated and accuracy is measured at each horizon
- Raise the technical bar by reviewing approaches, making model-choice and build-vs-buy calls, and mentoring the Senior Data Scientist and Analyst
- Define the forecast's interfaces with the demand-management layer, Routing, and network-planning function, including granularity, guarantees, and error attribution
- Learn the operational processes your models serve and identify where the current approach falls short
- Own production quality across the estate, working with the ML Engineer to monitor models, catch drift early, and trace accuracy problems
- Work with Finance to keep the handoff between operational and financial models reliable
- Quantify the impact of model error on cost per parcel and use it to decide where the area invests effort
- Company mission
- Information not specified
Primary stack
Core technologies
Python (Programming Language)SQL
Benefits
- Information not specified
Requirements & details
- Have been the technical anchor on a modelling team before, owning the hardest problems and setting standards as a hands-on senior IC
- Think in interconnected systems, understanding how demand forecasts drive shifts, vans, routes, and network expansion models
- Have a deep track record of building and delivering models from ambiguous starting points, validating against real operations and iterating
- Evaluate models beyond standard offline metrics, connecting outputs to downstream applications and business KPIs
- Strong Python and SQL, with depth across the full modelling lifecycle from data extraction and feature engineering through training, validation, and production deployment
- Experience with time-series forecasting across classical statistical approaches, gradient boosting, and deep learning, understanding trade-offs
- Python, SQL
- Python (Programming Language)
- SQL
