Senior Data Scientist

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fuelled by world-class insight and expertise. We’re always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to work on some of the important challenges bp is facing today. We work on a number of interesting problem spaces from the traditional oil and gas business through to renewables and our net-zero agenda, leveraging tools ranging from computer vision to timeseries forecasting.

Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero world! All without compromising our operational risk management.

Working with us, you can do this by:

• Deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and safety ambitions

• Driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models

• Collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions.

• Originating, scaling and commercializing innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new businesses from them

• Protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks

Because together we are:

• Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors

• Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs

• Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive

Key Accountabilities:

• Part of a cross-disciplinary team, working closely with other data scientists, data engineers software engineers, data managers and business partners.

• Build scalable, re-usable, impactful products, usually containing statistical or machine learning algorithms, in collaboration with data engineers and software engineers.

• Carry out data analyses to yield actionable business insights.

• Adhere to and advocate for data science best practices (e.g. technical design, technical design review, unit testing, monitoring & alerting, checking in code, code review, documentation).

• Present results to peers and senior management.

• Actively contribute to improve developer velocity.

• Mentor others.

Essential Experience & Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience designing, planning, prototyping, productionizing, maintaining and documenting reliable and scalable data science products in complex environments.

• Applied knowledge of data science tools and approaches across all data lifecycle stages.

• Thorough understanding of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics and machine learning.

• Development experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C++)

• Advanced SQL knowledge.

• Experience with data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Hive, and Spark) is a plus.

• Knowledge of experimental design and analysis is a plus.

• Customer-centric and pragmatic mindset. Focus on value delivery and swift execution, while maintaining attention to detail.

• Strong partner management and ability to lead large organizations through influence.

• Continuous learning and improvement attitude.

• MSc or PhD degree in a quantitative field.

• No prior experience in the energy industry required.

Why Join Us?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data domain knowledge, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Sourcing, Data strategy and governance, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Data visualization and interpretation, Digital Security, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.