Associate Data Scientist (Operations Research)

Location: London, United Kingdom; office-based in West London four days a week with one remote day of choice.

Salary: £50,000–£70,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides premium chauffeur transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East through technology-enabled mobility services.

What you will do

• Own the full process from research and ideation through production deployment.
• Research, prototype, and ship machine learning and optimisation models.
• Work on dynamic pricing or bipartite matching problems.
• Continuously improve existing algorithms and identify opportunities for new ones.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers to solve ambiguous problems.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Operations Research, Mathematics, Management Science, or a closely related optimisation-focused field.
• Strong foundation in mathematical optimisation or mathematical programming.
• Solid knowledge of probability and statistics.
• Solid knowledge of reinforcement learning and causal inference.
• Excellent programming skills in Python and core machine learning tooling, including SQL and PyTorch.

Nice to have

• Exposure to dynamic pricing, auction design, or marketplace matching problems.
• Publications in Q1 or A* journals, or participation in NeurIPS and other conferences.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible start and finish times.
• Employee stock options plan.
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• Life and critical illness cover.
• Latest-generation MacBook Pro and 4K display.
• Professional development stipend, Cycle to Work scheme, and monthly credit towards hirify.global journeys.