£81k – £111k per annum

Job Details:

AnyVan makes moving anything, anywhere easier, more affordable and greener for everyone. With Over 8 million customers across the UK and Europe since our launch over a decade ago, we’re proud to be known as the largest, fastest growing tech company in the logistics industry.

Like many popular marketplaces, we’re asset light – i.e., we don’t own any vehicles or employ any drivers. We work with our transport partners and use technology to disrupt the entire delivery and moving process and to optimise the most efficient journeys.

Sustainability is a core part of AnyVan’s mission and reducing environmental impact has always been at the heart of our business. We’re proud to say we’ve achieved carbon-neutral status on all our transport moves, and we won’t stop here.

We’ve continuously celebrated exciting growth and key milestones, a key highlight being a £125mn investment from Vitruvian partners to reinforce our position as the UK market leader. We’re expecting the next 5 years to be even more exciting.

Our platform might be driven by technology, but we know it’s our people that make AnyVan a great place to work. We think big, we think differently, and we empower our colleagues to make a difference. We know good ideas can come from anyone in any role – so if you’re a self-starter looking to ‘move’ your career forward – Team AnyVan would love to hear from you.

As a senior Data Scientist you will act as an internal consultant to provide thought leadership, innovative algorithms/solutions to a variety of predictive and decision problems arising from AnyVan’s business.

You will collaborate closely with the Head of Routing and Optimisation to conceptualise, design and develop heuristic formulas, machine learning and optimisation models and work with key stakeholders across the business, product and tech to being them to production.

You will also be expected to coach and mentor other members in the team on data science and optimisation related topics whilst also writing production ready code to deliver solutions.Skills and experience we think you’ll need to be successful in the role:

• A masters or phd in Operations Research, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning, or Statistics (or fields related to algorithms)
• Extensive experience in developing Optimisation or machine learning solutions in a fast paced logistics market place or management consulting companies focusing on logistics
• Excellent knowledge of some of the techniques like mixed integer programming, meta heuristics, approximate algorithms, constraint programming, machine learning, deep learning
• Experience working in some of the domains like Procurement planning, Revenue management, Pricing, Routing and Forecasting
• Hands on experience with SQL and some programming languages (Python/Java/C++)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to explain complex problems simply to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Passion for data science, statistics, operations research and logistics market placebusiness
• Biased toward action, creative, and communicative
• Understanding of agile concepts and ability to work in agile teams

Our Values Are:

Own – Have fun, get it done

Work hard, play harder

Satisfaction in results

Do the right thing

Drive – Progress Over Perfection

Innovate and disrupt

Curious and adaptable

Work quick, learn quicker

Deliver – One Team Thinking Big

Collaborate and communicate

Celebrate wins

Embrace challenges

We are extremely proud of our culture and believe in the many benefits that being in the office provides and all of our roles require regular time in one of our key offices depending on where you’re based (Hammersmith or Newcastle).

Please note if we are able to support visa sponsorship for a role it will be highlighted in the requirements section.

We support flexible and hybrid working wherever possible but some roles remain fully office based. Where we can support it, typical working patterns would be 3 days in the office 2 days from home. However, we appreciate everyone’s situation is unique and are open to conversations around the working patterns.

Diversity and Inclusion

At AnyVan we’re focused on equality. We believe that diverse teams are the best teams and foster an inclusive environment where we celebrate our differences and where our people can be their authentic selves. We believe this encourages collaboration and supports opportunities for our people and teams to deliver their best work. We encourage and welcome applications from anyone that shares this passion.#J-18808-Ljbffr