Data Scientist

Our mission

Definitely not a sweet shop.

We're the tech company making insurance more accessible and more affordable for as many people as possible.

We’re proud of our journey so far. We’ve helped hundreds of thousands of customers get fairer cover, all while being rated excellent on Trustpilot. But we’re just getting started.

Over the next 2 years, we’re planning to help even more people by launching products and services across different sectors and countries

If you're looking for a challenge, our next chapter is set to be an exciting one

How we work

We've created a culture of trust which allows us to work autonomously without fear of failure, to challenge decisions, and be heard. It empowers us to drive our own careers and to move at unparalleled speed. And because we're treading new ground, we're all mastering new skills along the way.

Explore our Culture Handbook to find out more about life at Marshmallow, or read our blog!

The Data Science Team

We're here to generate insights and actions from all the data we can get our hands on. This includes analytics, predictive modelling, and prescriptive recommendations. We deliver high-impact work to the business, focusing on high-risk, high-reward projects, and making sure all decisions are data-driven.

We’re looking for a Data Scientist to help us move beyond the huge impact we’ve had in pricing and fraud and break into new areas of the business. More and more we are seeing huge opportunities in other areas of the business such as claims. We believe a Data Scientist with a proactive nature and a real desire to own and drive a business area forward could have a huge impact. Claims is a relatively untapped area when it comes to Analytics and Data Science, it plays a huge role in how the business performs and dealing with the distress a customer experiences when they have an accident. You could be looking into a whole range of problems from identifying fraudulent claims to predicting the cost of damage on a vehicle, improving both customer experience and claims costs.

This is only the beginning of Data Science’s journey to be a key innovator at Marshmallow and in the wider insurance industry.

What you’ll be doing

• Uncover and drive forward new high-impact opportunities in Claims, previously untouched by Data Science

• Work within a cross-functional team (engineers, designers, analysts, product manager) and become an expert in your area

• Influence and input to the team’s roadmap and priorities using data to quantify new opportunities

• Be a champion of data and solidify data-driven process within the team

Who you are

• You have a commercial mindset, focussed on delivering impact to the business as quickly as possible

• You can communicate clearly with people of all technical levels and disciplines.

• You will move fast by making decisions quickly to drive growth whilst not significantly increasing our underwriting risk.

• You see the value in and push for solid data foundations, facilitating more complex analytics/ML projects

Experiences that are essential

• Experience building future-proof data models and analytics products

• Experience driving business action and impact from data-driven insights

• Experience developing ML models to answer business cases

• Strong coding ability in Python, SQL

• Ability to manipulate large data sets

• At least 1-2 years commercial experience

Experiences that will help you

• Experience working in cross-functional teams

• PhD or masters degree from a top institution

• Strong communication skills

• Experience in a high-growth company

Our process

We break it up into 3 stages:

• Initial call with Luke, our Talent Acquisition Partner (30 mins)

• A previous experience interview where you will discuss your journey so far and ways of working with Paul, our Data Science Manager (45 minutes)

• A technical interview with one of our Senior Data Scientists (1 hr)

• A culture interview with a bar raiser to see if your work style fits our processes and values (1 hour)

• We’ll let you know if you’re invited to an interview or not. But, as a small team with a lot of applications to consider, we can’t give personal feedback on each application.

Perks of the job

• Flexi-office working – Spend at least 2 days a week with your team in our new collaborative London office. The rest is up to you!

• Flexible benefits budget - £50 per month to spend wherever you like on a Ben Mastercard

• Learning and development – Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset

• Mental wellbeing support – Access therapy and mental health sessions through Self Space, and sign up for your free subscription to Calm

• Equity – Get options in Marshmallow as part of your offer, and have a real stake in the company’s success

• Private health care - Enjoy all the benefits Vitality has to offer, including reduced gym memberships and discounts on smartwatches

• Medical cash plan - To help you with the costs of dental, optical and physio (plus more!)

• Tech scheme - Get the latest tech for less

Plus all the rest; 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, cycle to work scheme, monthly team socials and company-wide socials every month!

Everyone belongs at Marshmallow

At Marshmallow, we want to hire people from all walks of life with the passion and skills needed to help us achieve our company mission. To do that, we're committed to hiring without judgement, prejudice or bias.

We encourage everyone to apply for our open roles. Gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or background does not affect how we process job applications.

We're working hard to build an inclusive culture that empowers our people to do their best work, have fun and feel that they belong.