Machine Learning Engineer – Forecasting

Requirements

• 3+ years' experience as a ML Engineer or Data Scientist
• Ability to produce accurate forecasts across multiple business domains accounting for change in trends due to seasonality and other factors with focus on robustness and reusability
• Ability to produce simulations and what-if scenarios to assist with business cases and provide projections to support managerial decision making
• Strong foundation in fundamentals of machine learning
• Experience building intelligent decision-making machines from scratch in industry, designing and building MVPs that quickly get results
• Experience with end-to-end productionisation of the models
• Proficient in exploratory data analysis, model/algorithm selection, model pipeline development
• Ability to see the bigger picture and understand how your insights are aligned with the direction the business is heading in. You should also be proactive in gathering input from relevant stakeholders to enhance the accuracy and relevance of analysis you produce
• Ability to take a fuzzy business objective and turn it into a problem that can be solved via machine learning and optimisation
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with changing requirements
• Experience creating strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including finance, operations and product counterparts
• Great communication skills - in person, in writing, in code; to technical and non-technical audiences

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing, building, and continuously improving the algorithmic, machine learning systems and decision-making processes that power forecasting at Deliveroo
• Providing accurate forecasting models across Deliveroo domains and markets at the appropriate level of granularity and explainability
• Collaborating with partners in the Finance & Strategy team and requiring strong collaboration and creative problem-solving skills
• Improving how the business understands and measures performance in the past and building models to help improve strategy and financial planning in the future

Perks and Benefits

• Healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances
• Opportunities to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of the hiring process