Data Scientist - Staff or Senior (United Kingdom)
Core
Build predictive models and apply scientific computing, statistical, and physics-based methods to predict locations of ore-grade mineralization and guide exploration programs for critical battery metals.
Role type
Staff/Senior Data Scientist (Mineral Exploration)
Builds
Proprietary software exploration tools and worldwide datasets for mineral discovery
Domain
Mineral exploration / Geoscience / Battery metals
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python data science packages, software engineering practices (Git, unit/integration tests, CI/CD), cloud computing, predictive modeling, geospatial analyses and visualizations, applied statistics, Bayesian inference, machine learning algorithms
Preferred skills
Geostatistics, image processing or computer vision, distributed computing applications for machine learning
Technologies
Python, Git, Cloud platforms
Responsibilities
Develop proprietary software exploration tools; Find and curate geophysical, geochemical, geologic, and geographic data; Build models to predict locations of compositional anomalies within the Earth's crust; Create effective visualizations for evaluating model performance; Develop and apply data processing, statistical, and physics-based techniques to geoscientific data; Present to and collaborate with external partners and stakeholders
Seniority
Staff/Senior, hands-on IC with leadership potential