Lead Data Scientist

My client, a global Digital Services and Digital Platforms provider, are looking for a number Lead Data Scientists who will be responsible for leading teams and developing quality solutions that use AI and ML technologies. Working in a fast paced environment you will provide technical leadership within the team, learning new technologies and approaches and effectively mentoring the team. Working closely with clients you will translate requirements for technical and non-technical language.

Essential experience:

• Minimum qualification of a 2.1 degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, statistics or in a similar highly quantitative field.
• Proven ability to solve complex problems with demonstrable ability to learn new business concepts and domains quickly
• Expertise in developing models in languages including Python/R
• Expertise in machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr and mllib
• Strong experience in cleansing, filtering and refactoring complex data from different sources
• Expertise of working with Relational databases, NoSQL and various visualisation techniques
• Experience in delivering AI/ML projects to production through leadership and mentoring of junior team members
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to lead client projects and establish requirements in non-technical language

Desirable experience:

• Numerous examples of delivering data science projects and predictive solutions to live in an industry production environment
• Experience of containerisation and cloud deployment
• Experience of Deep Learning Architectures

As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Lead Data Scientist

My client, a global Digital Services and Digital Platforms provider, are looking for a number Lead Data Scientists who will be responsible for leading teams and developing quality solutions that use AI and ML technologies. Working in a fast paced environment you will provide technical leadership within the team, learning new technologies and approaches and effectively mentoring the team. Working closely with clients you will translate requirements for technical and non-technical language.

Essential experience:

• Minimum qualification of a 2.1 degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, statistics or in a similar highly quantitative field.
• Proven ability to solve complex problems with demonstrable ability to learn new business concepts and domains quickly
• Expertise in developing models in languages including Python/R
• Expertise in machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr and mllib
• Strong experience in cleansing, filtering and refactoring complex data from different sources
• Expertise of working with Relational databases, NoSQL and various visualisation techniques
• Experience in delivering AI/ML projects to production through leadership and mentoring of junior team members
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to lead client projects and establish requirements in non-technical language

Desirable experience:

• Numerous examples of delivering data science projects and predictive solutions to live in an industry production environment
• Experience of containerisation and cloud deployment
• Experience of Deep Learning Architectures

As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Senior Java Software Developer

Crawley

£45-75k

VR/02731R

Reporting to the Development Manager, you will be working within a team of highly experienced developers who are engaged in ensuring consistent product functionality and enhancing our client’s application to ensure it stays at the forefront of the field. You will have 5-7 years of commercial experience developing web applications in Java SE or EE and several years of experience acting in the capacity of a design authority. This role will give you an opportunity to fully harness your software engineering skills. You will review, supervise, and provide guidance on other team members’ proposed designs, in addition to proposing and orchestrating top- and low-level design decisions yourself.

Our client is a fast-growing and profitable privately-owned company based in Crawley, West Sussex. Their portfolio of cloud-based real-time call and contact analytics software is delivered through their network of IT and telecoms partners around the world and they have over 4,000 active customer sites globally. They are proud to have been recognised within the industry, winning various awards in 2019. They are part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem and a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program.

This role would be suitable for a highly skilled software engineer looking to actively apply their expert software engineering design authority skills. You should have extensive commercial experience being a product and architectural design authority and must also be able to demonstrate that you have designed and developed web applications in a range of technologies and programming languages. You should also be highly expert in the understanding and knowledge in 'programming internals’ such as the management of data structures, text string management resources, network connectivity, and other logic and algorithmic areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Design authority responsibility across numerous technical areas of our product
• Full software lifecycle involvement in enhancing the web application, e.g. designing, coding and maintaining server-side components in Java
• Client-side JavaScript component development
• Run and maintain test scenarios, in addition to addressing defects
• Full participation in Agile software development activities, i.e. daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and backlog creation activities
• Write supporting design and technical documentation
• Dynamic web page generation using Java Server Pages
• Linux configuration and administration skills
• Linux Shell scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of databases and SQL

Qualifications and Experience

• 3+ years of commercial experience being a product and architectural design authority
• 5+ years of commercial experience developing multi-threaded server-side applications using Oracle Java, including exceptional knowledge of Generic Programming
• Multi-threaded server-side web application development using Java in a Servlet web container using an MVC architecture-based framework such as Struts, JSF, etc.
• Knowledge of HTML, full CSS box model, and JavaScript to create client-side dynamic web page content
• Good English communication skills, verbal and written

Senior Java Software Developer

Crawley

£45-75k

VR/02731R

Reporting to the Development Manager, you will be working within a team of highly experienced developers who are engaged in ensuring consistent product functionality and enhancing our client’s application to ensure it stays at the forefront of the field. You will have 5-7 years of commercial experience developing web applications in Java SE or EE and several years of experience acting in the capacity of a design authority. This role will give you an opportunity to fully harness your software engineering skills. You will review, supervise, and provide guidance on other team members’ proposed designs, in addition to proposing and orchestrating top- and low-level design decisions yourself.

Our client is a fast-growing and profitable privately-owned company based in Crawley, West Sussex. Their portfolio of cloud-based real-time call and contact analytics software is delivered through their network of IT and telecoms partners around the world and they have over 4,000 active customer sites globally. They are proud to have been recognised within the industry, winning various awards in 2019. They are part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem and a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program.

This role would be suitable for a highly skilled software engineer looking to actively apply their expert software engineering design authority skills. You should have extensive commercial experience being a product and architectural design authority and must also be able to demonstrate that you have designed and developed web applications in a range of technologies and programming languages. You should also be highly expert in the understanding and knowledge in 'programming internals’ such as the management of data structures, text string management resources, network connectivity, and other logic and algorithmic areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Design authority responsibility across numerous technical areas of our product
• Full software lifecycle involvement in enhancing the web application, e.g. designing, coding and maintaining server-side components in Java
• Client-side JavaScript component development
• Run and maintain test scenarios, in addition to addressing defects
• Full participation in Agile software development activities, i.e. daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and backlog creation activities
• Write supporting design and technical documentation
• Dynamic web page generation using Java Server Pages
• Linux configuration and administration skills
• Linux Shell scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of databases and SQL

Qualifications and Experience

• 3+ years of commercial experience being a product and architectural design authority
• 5+ years of commercial experience developing multi-threaded server-side applications using Oracle Java, including exceptional knowledge of Generic Programming
• Multi-threaded server-side web application development using Java in a Servlet web container using an MVC architecture-based framework such as Struts, JSF, etc.
• Knowledge of HTML, full CSS box model, and JavaScript to create client-side dynamic web page content
• Good English communication skills, verbal and written

Senior BI Developer - London - up to £80,000

A global leading logistics company is currently recruiting for a Senior BI developer to join their growing team. This role will give you a step in your career into a more senior position and allow you to develop your Microsoft BI and Azure skills further.

Role & Responsibilities

• Maintain current reports and data models to ensure data is being used to its maximum within the business
• Working alongside the development team to contribute to the project delivery, reviewing code and provide guidance
• Liaising with wider business and understand requirements

Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with the Microsoft BI stack (SSIS, SSRS and SSAS Tabular)
• Experience working with Power BI and comfortable using the language DAX
• Strong SQL experience
• Experience working with Azure

Benefits

• 25 day's holiday plus bank holidays
• 50% off gym membership
• Pension contribution
• Season ticket loan

If the role appeals then contact Alexandra Stewart on or email a recent copy of your CV to and I will be in touch. Interviews are now taking place, why not be one of the first to apply!

Senior BI Developer - London - up to £80,000

A global leading logistics company is currently recruiting for a Senior BI developer to join their growing team. This role will give you a step in your career into a more senior position and allow you to develop your Microsoft BI and Azure skills further.

Role & Responsibilities

• Maintain current reports and data models to ensure data is being used to its maximum within the business
• Working alongside the development team to contribute to the project delivery, reviewing code and provide guidance
• Liaising with wider business and understand requirements

Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with the Microsoft BI stack (SSIS, SSRS and SSAS Tabular)
• Experience working with Power BI and comfortable using the language DAX
• Strong SQL experience
• Experience working with Azure

Benefits

• 25 day's holiday plus bank holidays
• 50% off gym membership
• Pension contribution
• Season ticket loan

If the role appeals then contact Alexandra Stewart on or email a recent copy of your CV to and I will be in touch. Interviews are now taking place, why not be one of the first to apply!