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Data Scientist

As FreeAgent’s Data Scientist in our Communications Team, it'll be up to you to understand how people respond to our communications and product, and to help us make them even better. That might include digging into our data to answer a specific question, collecting more information from a third-party site’s API, helping us build company dashboards, or designing a model that predicts user behaviour.

You’ll need to be proactive, imaginative, and curious while still maintaining a rigorous, highly analytical approach. You’ll be passionate about understanding why and how people make decisions, how they behave, and how we can employ creative new ways to measure and predict behaviour. You’ll have no problem communicating what you find to others, and you’ll also be comfortable with championing your ideas to others. We’ll challenge you to not just answer our questions, but tell us the questions that we should be asking.

Because the web is full of messy data, you’ll need to have experience with gleaning insight from combined, unstructured data sources. You’ll have used tools like Tableau, R, SPSS, or SAS, and will know your way around a programming language that helps you access and combine data.

It would be great if you also had:

  • Solid experience in CRM and customer segmentation
  • Previous experience in predictive modelling
  • Experience with machine learning
  • Experience with Hadoop, Cassandra, HBase, or other Big Data systems

You’ll work full-time in our gorgeous Edinburgh offices with smart, friendly colleagues who love making a real difference for the thousands of small businesses and freelancers who use our product. We also have a weekly catered team lunch and a beer fridge - it’s pretty awesome. Your salary will depend on how much experience you have, and we can also help out with relocation costs for the right candidate.

To apply, drop us an e-mail at jobs@freeagent.com with your CV, and give us a few examples of how your insights and expertise have added value to the companies you’ve worked with in the past.

How to Apply

Send your CV, and covering letter to jobs@freeagent.com and tell us why you want to work at FreeAgent.

Why FreeAgent?

  • You’ll help shape what we work on and how we do it. You won’t be micro-managed or stuck in a rut. Creativity and heart are rewarded.
  • We work hard on challenging problems but have a good time doing it. You’ll join a team of smart, friendly people who dig that work/life balance.
  • Our app is loved by thousands of people worldwide, and we’re making a real difference to the way businesses manage their finances.
  • We pay well and you’ll have the best kit, flexible hours, 33 days annual leave, pension scheme and more.

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