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Senior Data Scientist - Forecasting

wave group United Kingdom
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Lead the development and deployment of core forecasting models for parcel demand, expansion, and sortation. Build and maintain production-ready time-series models that directly impact operational decisions across the logistics network. Requires 5+ years of data science experience with Python/SQL and proven track record of model-to-production implementation.

Key Highlights
Owns core domain in forecasting engine (demand, expansion, parcel intelligence, or sortation)
Salary up to £122.5k with up to 170% equity package
Location: Shoreditch with 4 office days per week
Logistics scale-up with $45m Series A funding
Key Responsibilities
Own a core domain in the forecasting engine (demand, expansion, parcel intelligence, or sortation)
Build and maintain models from exploration through to production deployment
Monitor live model performance and improve accuracy over time
Translate operational problems from Sortation, Middle Mile, Last Mile, Routing, and Commercial into data science problems
Quantify model impact on cost per parcel to help prioritize the roadmap
Technical Skills Required
Python SQL Time-series forecasting
Benefits & Perks
Private healthcare & dental cover
Enhanced parental leave
Office lunches
Nice to Have
Logistics or delivery network experience
ML experience that materially improves forecast accuracy
Comfort using AI tools (LLMs, code assistants) to accelerate workflow
Experience influencing technical direction as the team scales

Job Description


💻 Job Title: Senior Data Scientist (Forecasting)

💰 Salary: up to £122.5k

🔥 Equity: up to 170% (!!!) - insanely generous 🥵

  • 70% guaranteed upon joining
  • up to 100% additional allotment based on performance in 1st year

📍 Location: Shoreditch (4 office days/week)

🌴 Benefits:

  • Private healthcare & dental cover
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Office lunches

📦 Industry: Logistics

👥 Team: ~110

💸 Funding: ~$45m (Series A)

🛂 VISA sponsorship available if needed


This company is hands-down the hottest logistics scale up in Europe, taking the industry by storm and growing at an astronomical pace.


Every parcel that moves through their network generates thousands of data points feeding the forecasting engine that powers every operational decision — shifts, dispatch, routing, expansion. The Senior Data Scientist in this role owns a core domain within that engine, sitting in the company's biggest and most data-rich squad.


If you want to be at the heart of something genuinely transformative, this might be for you.


🛠️ What you'll be doing:

  • Owning a core domain in the forecasting engine (demand, expansion, parcel intelligence or sortation)
  • Building and maintaining models from exploration through to production deployment
  • Monitoring live model performance and improving accuracy over time
  • Translating problems from Sortation, Middle Mile, Last Mile, Routing and Commercial into DS problems
  • Quantifying model impact on cost per parcel to help prioritise the roadmap


✅ Must have requirements:

  • 5+ years in data science or quantitative modelling, ideally with time-series forecasting
  • Strong Python & SQL across the full modelling lifecycle (extraction to production)
  • Track record of taking models from notebook to production, monitored and trusted
  • Experience communicating model reliability to non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable working from ambiguous starting points


👍 Bonus points for:

  • Logistics or delivery network experience
  • ML experience where it materially improves forecast accuracy
  • Comfortable using AI tools (LLMs, code assistants) to accelerate workflow
  • Experience influencing technical direction as a team scales

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