Lead Data Scientist

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.

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

• 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.