Senior Data Scientist

What we do. Electric Car Leasing
Why we do it. Greener. Fairer. Future.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist (SQL, Python, Scikit Learn, Pandas) to join our Data Team to revolutionise the electric car leasing industry. 
The Data Team at Octopus Electric Vehicles has two primary jobs:Build and maintain infrastructure that processes and centralises data from lots of internal and external sources, so our data-hungry users can answer questions without our interventionBuild data analytics and data science applications, so we can make better decisions that help us unlock growth opportunities or efficiency gains

What you'll do...

• Collaborate directly with senior stakeholders across all teams to identify how the Data Team can help them achieve their goals
• Own the full end-to-end design of technical solutions that help us achieve our goals – from data gathering, to analytics engineering, to model selection, training and interpretation
• Conduct experiments and proofs of concept by developing and deploying machine learning models to solve critical growth/efficiency challenges (like lead scoring, delivery forecasting, customer sentiment prediction, etc)
• Work closely with our Senior Data Engineer to deploy your models
• Regularly package your insights (be it from analytics or modelling) into clear narratives that help non-technical audiences make better decisions
• Contribute actively to our stack by building pipelines and DBT models that enable our users to self-serve
• Pick up tickets raised by our users when they get stuck - from reporting, to query help, to (occasionally) dashboarding
• Help shape the direction of our growing team

What you'll need...

• First and foremost, a passion for decarbonisation
• Ideally, extensive experience in a data science or analytics role, with a clear track record of delivering business impact
• A product-minded approach – you’ll have a track record of being able to keep your eye on the outcome of a project and not get blinkered on a specific technical avenue
• Evidence of being able to extract clear objectives and requirements from broad challenges or questions
• Eagerness to get your hands dirty and work across the whole data lifecycle
• Great attention to detail
• Expertise in communicating complex ideas clearly, and a strong background in using data to influence decisions and behaviours


• Experience with (in rough priority order):  
• SQL (experience in writing performant queries)
• Python & DS libraries (sklearn, pandas, spark, etc)
• Data transformation
• Data visualisation & storytelling

Any of the following would be a bonus

• DBT
• Experience working with ambiguity in a scale-up (or scale-up-like) environment 
• Passion about shaping the direction of the team, and excitement about working across all areas of the business
• You don’t need experience with electric vehicles (we can teach you that!), but having worked in similar environments might be a bonus.

Why you'll love it here

• Don't feel like you meet all of our hiring criteria? thats OK, apply anyway! we'd love to hear from you and have a conversation.


• Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy Group, won the Sunday Times best company to work for in 2024. We were named 6th out of the top 100 start-ups to work for by Tempo in 2025 and on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people 


• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!


• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

About us
The electric revolution has arrived - and from 2035 you’ll no longer be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car in the UK. 
We’re building a whole new way for drivers to join the electric charge and not only learn about and shop for their EV online, but experience a 'lease for life' through an industry changing customer experience. This is the chance to join one of the UK’s most exciting start-ups – making it easy for individuals and businesses to go electric by getting their car, charger and energy all in one cracking deal.
Octopus Electric Vehicles launched in 2018 to make it seamless to switch to cleaner, greener driving. Our mission is to drive sustainable change, decarbonise the planet and provide our customers with fair pricing and a fantastic experience. 
We're an Octopus Energy company—an innovative new energy supplier. We are part of the Octopus Energy Group, which seeks to improve the lives of millions of people by transforming the industries we operate in. The Octopus Group incorporates Octopus Energy, Octopus Healthcare, Octopus Investments, Octopus Property, Octopus Ventures and Octopus Labs.
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