Data Scientist

🕒 January 23

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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Octopus Energy

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2016

⚡ Energy

📡 Telecommunications

Energy • Telecommunications

Octopus Energy is a UK-based energy supplier that offers innovative smart tariffs and renewable energy solutions. Known for its award-winning customer service and commitment to a greener future, Octopus Energy provides great value for the long term with prices historically cheaper than any other large supplier. As one of Europe's leading investors in renewable energy generation, the company is highly trusted, holding a five-star customer service rating. Octopus Energy offers a variety of tariffs tailored for smart meters, solar energy, and electric vehicles, emphasizing cost savings and environmental benefits. Octopus Energy has also expanded internationally with operations in several countries, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA.

📋 Description

• Exploring the types of data needed to effectively trade the GB intraday power market • Building, improving and maintaining models to forecast electricity demand and renewable generation, primarily in GB but developing into all of Western Europe; • Finding high quality, novel data sources to base our forecasts off of; • Development on forecasting framework and tools; • Maintaining and automating forecasting processes, whilst building in checks and alerting; • Utilising these forecasting models to build or enhance our price forecasts • Collaborating with Trading, Renewables, Flexibility and other teams to utilise our combined knowledge and data.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience with Python is essential; • A good understanding of what forecasting techniques to use and the ability to build a simple baseline and quickly iterate; • Ability to communicate your approach, including its strengths and limitations; • Able to quickly understand commercial and industry concepts; • Team player excited at the idea of ownership across lots of different projects and tools; • Passion for driving towards Net Zero; • Experience with Machine Learning is essential; • Experience in the electricity industry in GB would be useful but not required.

🏖️ Benefits

• 💰 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! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership • 🎁 Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits