Description
We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our London team, working hybrid, 3 days in the office. In this role, you'll enable high-quality human-led decision-making to maximise impact.
Our Analytics organisation sits at the heart of Deliveroo, powering decision-making across product, commercial and operations through experimentation and causal inference.
You will help answer questions like:
- Which markets/cities should we enter next?
- How can we incentivise good rider behaviour?
- What is the impact of exclusive deals we have with restaurants?
- How do we optimise our compensation policy to keep our customers happy and ordering with Deliveroo?
- What are the trade-offs we face when choosing between growth and profitability? How should we decide between them?
- How much should our pricing vary by distance and by market?
- What is the optimum selection and variety of restaurants in a particular area?
- How do we adapt our consumer app to better suit grocery shoppers?
What You'll Need to Thrive
- Significant experience in Data Science (or similar) roles.
- Experience leading both simple and more complex experiment designs, with the ability to proactively unpick insights to steer strategic decision making
- Great communication skills - in person, in writing, in code; to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Through solid analysis, provide clear and actionable recommendations that influence the team's roadmap.
- Effective problem-solving, demonstrating an ability to successfully address complex and ambiguous challenges.
- Ability to think creatively and insightfully about business problems
- Proficiency with analytical tools like R/Python and familiarity with SQL. Proficiency with Cursor/AI tools to deliver impactful, high-quality work efficiently is also valued
- A pragmatic, flexible approach, where you most care about achieving impact
- Excellent people skills , you'll be meeting with a range of both technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into data science problems
Why Join Us?
At Deliveroo, you'll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that's constantly evolving. We're food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:
- Solve meaningful problems at real scale
- See your impact, fast
- Grow through challenge and ownership
- A culture built for builders
- Share in the success you help create