# Lead Data Scientist

Cazoo, is the ultimate destination for car enthusiasts and buyers alike! As a leader in the market, we pride ourselves on providing unparalleled search tools, expert car guides, insightful reviews, and a comprehensive vehicle price guide. Our mission is simple: to empower buyers to find their perfect car efficiently and with confidence, while also helping automotive retailers reach millions of eager buyers. At Cazoo, you'll be part of a team that's revolutionising the way people buy and sell cars. If you're ready to drive your career forward in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, Cazoo is the place for you. Join us and be a part of shaping the future of automotive retail! We are looking for Lead Data Scientist Reports To: Director of Data Contract Type: Permanent Location: Richmond UK, Hybrid The Role Reporting into the Director for Data, this is Cazoo’s inaugural Data Science role: a senior, hands-on individual contributor who will establish Data Science as a discipline, set its standards and deliver its first production models, with the opportunity to grow the team over time. This is not a research role. You will work alongside Data Engineering & ML Ops to productionise models, us

- **Id**: 4096300
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cazoo-lead-data-scientist>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Richmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T11:39:37Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T21:08:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8434
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Marketplaces, Online Classifieds

## Company

- **Id**: 449710
- **Name**: Cazoo
- **Domain**: cazoo.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cazoo>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: yes
- **Ats vendor**: Teamtailor

## Technologies

- **A/B Testing** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **LightGBM** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Recommender Systems** — Optional: no
- **Scikit-learn** — Optional: no
- **SHAP** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **XGBoost** — Optional: no
- **dbt** — Optional: yes
- **Power BI** — Optional: yes
- **Spark** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T21:08:05Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T00:12:54Z

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