At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop predictive pricing models using machine learning techniques.
- Company: Join Hastings Direct, a digital insurance provider with bold ambitions.
- Benefits: Flexible working, competitive bonuses, mental wellbeing support, and 25 days annual leave.
- Other info: Inclusive recruitment process and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping customer experiences through data-driven insights.
- Qualifications: Experience in data science, machine learning, and cloud platforms like Azure or AWS.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Location: Leicester/Bexhill/London (Hybrid)
Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Welcome to Hastings Direct. We're a digital insurance provider with bold ambitions to become the best and biggest in the UK market. Over recent years, we've made huge investments in our digital capabilities, underpinned by our strong 4Cs culture, to ensure we continue to deliver market leading experiences for our customers. Supporting over four million customers, every interaction with us is shaped by thoughtful design, data-led decision making and a deep understanding of customer needs. Our Commercial, Digital and Marketing teams sit at the heart of this journey - combining entrepreneurial thinking, analytical insight and creativity to build market leading customer experience.
As we continue to grow as an increasingly digitised business, our colleagues play a critical role in driving change, shaping the future and making a meaningful difference for our customers every day.
Role
We're looking for a Data Scientist to support the design, development and deployment of predictive pricing models that play a crucial role in driving the competitive positioning. This role is within a team of data scientists championing machine learning techniques to improve predictive performance using large datasets.
Accountabilities
- Build, develop and enhance models in the Market Pricing team to improve competitive positioning
- Create and maintain tools to support modelling activities
- Investigate and incorporate powerful new rating factors
- Collaborate with pricing teams to translate model outputs into actionable pricing strategies
- Build, improve and maintain data science and machine learning workflows used within Market Pricing
- Investigate issues across data, model and pipeline workflows
- Automate manual steps where this improves quality, speed or control
- Apply good engineering practices, including Git, code review, testing and documentation
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Ability to connect data, analytics and machine learning models to real-world customer and business outcomes, ensuring solutions deliver measurable value
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP
- Exposure to modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Spark or similar
- Familiarity with Linux environments and confidence using the command line
- Experience with Git, code review and testing
- Experience building reliable, reusable and maintainable code or pipelines
- Understanding of model governance, responsible AI or explainability
- Beneficial to have experience in pricing, insurance, financial services or another regulated environment
The interview process:
- Recruiter screening call
- Intro with Hiring manager
- Interview with hiring team (with case study)
As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive - what this means to you is if you're applying for a job with us, you'll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).
Benefits
- Flexible working - we champion a flexible hybrid working approach
- Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
- Financial wellbeing - as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes - discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support
- Mental wellbeing programme - we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
- There's more! - 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ....
Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth.
Data Scientist in Leicester employer: hastingsdirect
Hastings Direct is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee growth and well-being, offering a flexible hybrid working model and a competitive bonus scheme. With substantial investments in technology and a strong focus on nurturing talent within a supportive culture, employees have the opportunity to thrive in their roles while contributing to meaningful projects that impact millions of customers. Join us in Leicester, Bexhill, or London, and be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration.
