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Data Scientist

Russell Tobin
Bristol
2 days ago
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Data Scientist (Contract) – Product Analytics & Experimentation

Location: UK – Fully Remote

Contract Length: 4 Months

Start Date: January 2026


About the Role

We are partnering with a high-scale global technology company to hire a Data Scientist for a 4-month remote contract. This role sits within a team focused on account access, user appeals, and platform integrity for millions of users.


You will work closely with product, engineering, measurement, and security teams to deliver insights that have a direct impact on daily and monthly active users, as well as overall platform safety.


This is a fast-paced, product-focused analytics role that combines experimentation, user behaviour analysis, and data storytelling.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead product analytics to identify behavioural trends and opportunities for improving user access flows.
  • Design, run, and analyse experiments; guide teams on power analysis, metrics (precision/recall), and testing frameworks.
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for cross-functional partners.
  • Use causal inference methodologies to evaluate the impact of product and policy changes.
  • Partner with engineering, product managers, and security teams to understand reasons for account blocks, identify trade-offs, and improve appeal systems.
  • Support two core areas:
  • Actor Appeals – analysing mistakes in automated blocking systems.
  • Content Appeals – improving clarity and fairness for users challenging decisions.
  • Work with a sister team that supports hacked account recovery and user safety.


What Makes This Role Unique

  • Your insights directly influence platform trust, user safety, and key engagement metrics used in quarterly business reporting.
  • Opportunity to work within a large-scale, consumer-facing tech environment with billions of interactions.
  • Exposure to highly cross-functional, product-led workflows.


Top 3 Must-Haves

  1. Advanced SQL (product-oriented queries, large datasets)
  2. Hands-on experimentation experience (A/B testing, power analysis, precision/recall)
  3. Strong product analytics mindset (user journey understanding, problem framing, decision-making)


Experience Level: 5–7+ years (flexible as long as skills align)


Candidate Profile

You thrive in user-centric problem solving, can navigate ambiguity, and enjoy partnering with cross-functional groups to define next steps. You understand the trade-offs between safety, access, and user experience, and can communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.


Candidates with a pure ML research background (not product or experimentation-focused) may not be the best fit.

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