Data Scientist / Senior Data Scientist (Simulation)

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Simulation Data Scientist to join our Data Science team, where you will help tackle meaningful problems across the business from stores to online!

Our team works on problems from multiple business areas and as such a key part of the role will be to develop reusable, manageable, and deployable simulation components so Tesco can solve more problems quickly and easily.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Welwyn Garden City office.

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

• Define, develop, and validate simulation models whilst working closely with different stakeholders to translate business problems into simulation solutions.
• Validate, document and present the simulation modelling process and outcomes in a clear, understandable way to non technical experts.
• Drive innovation and own aspects of the project development lifecycle whilst helping to build and maintain relationships with various business partners
• Mentor junior members of the team and/or interns.
• Promote data science across Tesco and the external Data Science community.

We are looking for an ambitious Data Scientist or Senior Data Scientist who has a strong scientific and simulation background combined with experience in one or more of the following fields:

• Discrete Event Simulation
• Agent Based Modelling
• Simulation of Sophisticated Systems
• System Dynamics
• Calibration of simulation models from big data sets

You will also have a solid grasp of mathematics and statistical principles and strong programming skills (Python, Java & SimPy are preferred) as well as familiarity with software engineering best practices (such as version control, OOP, unit testing, CI/CD) and cloud technologies.

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.