Senior Data Science Engineer

Company: Hippo Digital
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

As a Senior Data Science Engineer at Hippo, you lead the production of user-centred data science solutions that align with business goals. You will work in cross-functional squads to design and deliver complex data solutions, while expanding capabilities and mentoring engineers. You’ll manage ML deployment pipelines and address bottlenecks, ensuring secure, scalable, and well-engineered systems. This role offers growth at the senior level within a collaborative, agile environment that values impact on clients and society.

Pay / Benefits

  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • 25 Days Holiday + public holidays
  • Perkbox discounts
  • Critical illness cover
  • Life assurance and death in service cover
  • Volunteer days

Responsibilities

  • Lead production of user-centred data science solutions aligned to business requirements
  • Facilitate stakeholder collaboration to design and deliver solutions to complex problems
  • Develop and expand Data Science capabilities and support capability building
  • Manage ML deployment pipelines (MLOps) and resolve bottlenecks
  • Mentor and coach other engineers to support their professional development

Key requirements

  • Extensive experience in Python and proficiency in other languages (SQL, R, Java)
  • Strong experience deploying and monitoring ML (MLOps) using MLflow, AWS Sagemaker, and Azure ML
  • Proven track record delivering high-quality, scalable data science solutions
  • Expertise in Data Manipulation, ML, and Statistical Analysis coding packages
  • Strong experience testing data models and Machine Learning models
  • Deep understanding of product delivery from requirements to desirable business outcomes
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Communication and cross-functional teamwork
  • Python
  • SQL
  • R

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Posted: September 30th, 2026