Data Scientist

Octopus Energy

3800

Manchester, UK, United Kingdom

Posted on: 2023-09-20

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.

That means making power greener, smarter, and more affordable for everyone.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do: with always-fair prices, transparency and outrageous customer service.

We drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels.

Octopus Energy Group is made up of 10 businesses spanning 6 countries across 3 continents, including: Octopus Energy Retail, Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex, Octopus Electric Vehicles, and the Octopus Centre for Net Zero. More on OEG @ octopusenergy.group

The energy industry is undergoing the largest transformation since industrialisation at an unprecedented rate of change and we are positioning ourselves to be at the heart of that change.

Our aim is to be the leading global provider of solutions that enable customers to release £30bn of value per annum from distributed energy resources (DERs). We are building a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription business with a global addressable market of £2.4 billion per annum, by digitally connecting hundreds of thousands of DERs with energy markets.

We have already attained a market leading position and KrakenFlex is a recognised thought leader and innovator in the industry. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed and we are pleased to announce that we now have the full support and backing of Octopus Energy, an award-winning UK energy supplier who share our passion and values.

We're looking for a research-focused, flexible data scientist to join our team building the next generation of distributed energy management technologies. At Kraken NeXt we tackle impossible problems and test unreasonable hypotheses, taking ideas from academic literature, emerging technologies, and the imagination of our talented employees. As a member of NeXt you'll be joining a fast-paced environment where we build real things to test and demonstrate these ideas, and help unlock the creativity of the rest of the organisation to discover new ways of seeing existing problems.

You'll be good at thinking on your feet and exploring a problem space alongside colleagues in a highly collaborative manner. We're looking for someone who can make brutal assumptions to get something real built and applied to the real world, but who won't overlook important hints that we're going in the wrong direction. We will offer you the freedom and flexibility to be creative, as you would find in an academic setting, paired with the resources and structure to help guarantee and direct that success.

Ideally you will be based in the Greater Manchester and happy to come into the office a couple of days per week! But we appreciate that things have changed and flexibility is at the top of everyone's agenda, so if you would rather be remote please let us know.

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

What you'll do

Work in a fast-paced environment tackling diverse R+D demands covering big data and AI, product design, and social sciences

Gather and process data and observations from a diverse range of sources to test hypotheses

Work with other team members building visualisations and proof-of-concept solutions

Research and explore problems to define them and derive sensible, testable, approaches

Stay up-to-date with literature in the distributed energy space

Help define data science best practices and engage with colleagues to share information, grow skills, and provide feedback.

Collaborate with colleagues across KrakenFlex to learn about the electricity system in the UK and beyond

Disseminate insights across the organisation

What you'll need

Ability to process data to derive meaningful insights and information from data in a rigorous, curious, manner

'Data science stack' experience: python, pandas, Jupyter, etc. R, Matlab (Julia also works for us but is less used internally)

Strong numerical skills and intuition for data

Experience with machine learning, statistics, and analytical techniques for modelling

Experience in a research role, academically or in industry

Proven ability to build software solutions

An interest in storytelling with data, and a desire to explain and craft a clear message from findings

A willingness to work outside your immediate area and skillset

Awareness of software engineering techniques to ensure your work is maintainable, interoperable, and correct

Why else you'll love it here

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 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 won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people

Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

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