Company Overview
Hello, we’re IG, a publicly‑traded FTSE250 FinTech company running mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto. Over 340,000 people use our platforms, and we operate in 18 countries with products in 16 regions.
Job Title
Senior Data Scientist
Job Description
We are ambitious, hungry to move faster, ship better products, and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy and want people who are looking to do things differently to create better experiences for our customers. We work in cross‑functional teams and are laser‑focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.
Your Team
We are looking for a talented senior data scientist to work in our Data Science team. The role provides an opportunity to partner with stakeholders across marketing, risk, customer services, and quants to deliver impactful data products using state‑of‑the‑art machine learning techniques.
Your Role in the Team’s Success
Data Science is fast‑growing at IG and we are constantly refining our discipline. The demand for our services is high, and we are making progress on the complexity of solutions we offer. We are still scratching the surface of delivering value to the organisation.
What You’ll Do
- Lead high‑impact projects, serving as a technical thought leader and subject matter expert in classic Machine Learning as well as advanced and generative AI.
- Explore structured and unstructured data from client, operational and financial domains to identify opportunities for data science that add value to the business.
- Advance the use of AI within IG by building next‑generation data products such as recommendation systems, chatbots, text analytics, pricing and hedging optimisation and automatic insight generation systems.
- Work with stakeholders across the business to turn business problems into data‑science solutions and mentor junior members of the department.
What You’ll Need For This Role
- Experience implementing machine learning in production using in‑house or third‑party data science platforms.
- Experience building machine learning models; expertise in Natural Language Processing, Time‑Series prediction, Neural Networks and Recommendation Systems is advantageous.
- Excellent communication skills, explaining complex concepts to non‑technical colleagues.
- Ability to generate insights from complex data sources.
How We Work
- Lead and inspire: build trust, alignment, and enthusiasm.
- Think big: focus on problems that most impact commercial outcomes.
- Champion the client: understand and prioritise clients’ needs.
- Deliver at pace: push for fast, sustainable growth.
- Raise the bar: take ownership, be accountable and share feedback.
The Perks
- Competitive salary.
- Flexible benefits package on top of your salary (12%).
- Private medical cover for you and your family.
- Life insurance.
- Contribution to gym memberships.
- 25 days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your birthday and 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 days in total).
- The option to buy or sell holiday days.
- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform.
- A comprehensive global and local onboarding process.
- Employee‑led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget to organise events and projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture.
- Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on GC Brighter Future Fund.
- Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents.
Equal Opportunities
We believe diversity is vital to success, fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We are committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills and encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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