Role Overview & Mandate
Executive Summary
Welcome to Coral - the startup making wholesale a whole lot better. Independent retailers, from corner shops to cafes, depend on...
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Welcome to Coral - the startup making wholesale a whole lot better.
Independent retailers, from corner shops to cafes, depend on wholesalers to stock their shelves. It's a £58bn/year industry in the UK alone – and at Coral, we're building technology to make it work much better for everyone
It's a fascinating challenge, from on-demand delivery to AI-powered product suggestions. But the rewards might just be huge, too, as retailers around the world switch to us for their wholesale needs.
So if you're a natural problem-solver keen to apply their talents to a fast-growing start-up, come join us.
Wanted: Senior Data Scientist
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Head of AI and Data to ideate and scope AI and Data solutions that can address company needs in the timeframe required
- Build solutions that meet the agreed upon outputs
- Manage the delivery of the solution, where required, with colleagues and more junior members of the team
- Line manage, mentor, and develop up to 3 mid-level data scientists (as the company grows)
- Communicate the current capabilities of our AI and Data solutions to the rest of the business in a way that can be understood by a wide audience
- Update the wider technical team of Coral frequently about the state of projects, the path to completion, and any requirements that may prevent progress.
- Work collaboratively with the Data Engineering team to put solutions into development, and on coding optimisations that are suggested and agreed upon.
- Be an advocate for the AI and Data capabilities within Coral, as well as pushing for continued development, whilst balancing the needs of the AI and Data team.
Key Skills:
- Python
- AWS - ETL Processes (Glue, Lambda etc.), ECS, S3, Database Solutions (Redshift, RDS)
- Git
- SQL
- Project Management
- Communication
- Line Management Experience (or a desire to do so)
- NLP
- Unstructured Data Collection and Processing
Since this is a priority hire for us, so to speed up the process we would appreciate if you could provide us with an example piece of work/coding portfolio i.e. GitHub etc.
