Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account. We are a network of award‑winning journalists, commercial professionals, and digital experts committed to making a difference and representing a wide range of backgrounds.
Data Scientist
You will take on end‑to‑end problems and turn ambiguous questions into analysis, models, and recommendations that teams can act on. The data primarily lives in Google BigQuery, with additional off‑platform sources such as social media. Our infrastructure uses a mix of AWS and GCP, and Apache Airflow powers our pipelines. We mostly use Python and SQL, with other languages and tools as needed.
About the role
- Own data science projects from problem definition to delivery, independently delivering impactful work across editorial, marketing, advertising, product and engineering.
- Understand what makes stories reach and engage audiences; support content discovery and tagging systems; analyse how editorial decisions influence performance and help journalists find leads and insights in large datasets.
- Model reader conversion, churn and engagement with products; segment audiences to support growth; support marketing campaign and product optimisation.
- Optimise advertising campaigns, enrich content metadata for advertising, and help teams make better decisions with imperfect data.
- Deploy data solutions in close collaboration with engineering, embedding models into existing tools and workflows.
- Work on improvements at every step of the machine learning lifecycle.
About you
- Strong experience in Python and SQL; experience with BigQuery is beneficial.
- Excellent command of statistics and machine learning (NLP experience a bonus).
- Proven track record delivering end‑to‑end analysis or modelling projects.
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and incomplete information.
We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
Working conditions
We operate in a hybrid environment: 3 days a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 2 days a week remotely.
We value and respect all differences in all people, and aspire to have inclusive working experiences that reflect the audience we serve. Many staff work flexibly, and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
- Generous pension scheme – contribute 5 % and we contribute 8‑12 % (depending on age).
- 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
- Season ticket loans are also available.
- Private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests – dental insurance opt‑in.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies, plus IVF, menopause, baby loss and trans equality policy support.
Culture and wellbeing
We champion diversity of thought and provide employee forums for voice and inclusion. Our first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status, we offer wellbeing tools, free yoga and pilates classes, a corporate gym membership and cycle‑to‑work scheme. Our canteen provides breakfast, lunch and dinner with views of Regents Canal.
Learning and development
We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and support is provided for pursuing professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.
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