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Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist

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London, United kingdom

£ 140,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

17-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Leadership Python Go SQL Machine Learning Autonomy Analytics

Job Specifications

Lead Data Scientist

Salary: £120K - £140K + Equity

Location: London in office

Data Idols are working with a rapidly scaling technology company which is redefining how large, highly regulated organisations produce, validate, and deliver client-facing work.

They are now hiring a Lead Data Scientist to take full ownership of their data ecosystem and help shape how the company operates, measures success, and makes decisions. You will own the data stack end-to-end and work at the intersection of analytics, engineering, and applied machine learning.

The Opportunity

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role where you will design, build, and scale the company's entire data capability from ingestion through to insight and prediction.

You'll work closely with senior leadership, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, ensuring data is reliable, real-time, and genuinely useful. You'll turn messy, fast-moving problems into automated, production-grade systems that inform product strategy, customer behaviour, and operational decisions.

If you enjoy building from first principles, moving fast, and taking real ownership, this role offers an unusually broad scope and level of influence.

Skills and experience

Strong Python for pipelines and analysis
Advanced SQL and hands-on dbt experience
Experience building data platforms from scratch in a fast-growth environment
Comfortable working with ambiguity, changing priorities, and tight timelines
Confident using AI coding tools as part of your daily workflow
Excellent communication skills

If you are looking for a new challenge, then please submit your CV for initial screening and more details.

Lead Data Scientist

Desired Skills and Experience

Python|SQL|LLMs

About the Company

Data Idols work with the UK's leading data focused tech companies, we help organisations apply Data Engineering and Data Science techniques to improve the delivery of data projects, through consulting, recruitment, training and events. We believe strongly that the data world is changed, you now need to have an awareness of multiple different technologies and platforms. One platform doesn't fit all and increasingly companies we work with are implementing different technologies dependent on very specific project requirements. Know more