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We make electricity and heat and supply energy to millions of customers. We do this in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.\nWith around 21,000 employees, we are enabling a future in which we are less dependent on the use of fossil fuels for our energy. We are at the forefront of the transition to a sustainable energy system. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have a strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful company mission.\n Do you want to use data, machine learning and AI to solve real business challenges and contribute to the energy transition? Do you enjoy turning complex data into solutions that create measurable value? Join our Data & Analytics team as a Data Scientist!\nYour position\nAs a Data Scientist, you develop data science and AI solutions that contribute to Vattenfall's Business to Consumer ambitions, supporting both sustainable customer solutions and business value.\nThe Data & Analytics team develops data-driven solutions for marketing & sales, customer journeys, service and digitization, proposition development and sustainability advice to our customers.\nSolving complex business challenges using data and machine learning is at the core of your work. You contribute throughout the journey, from exploring the business problem and possible approaches to developing, testing and implementing models on our Analytics Platform.\nDepending on the challenge, you work with machine learning and, where appropriate, Generative AI. Together with colleagues, you evaluate whether solutions deliver the intended quality and business value before putting them into practice. You also consider aspects such as reliability, privacy and human oversight.\nThroughout the data science product life cycle, you collaborate closely with business stakeholders, Analytics Engineers and Data & ML Engineers. You explain your approach and outcomes clearly and use feedback to continuously improve your solutions.\nAs a Data Scientist, you will:\nDevelop data science solutions from idea to implementation, using machine learning and, where appropriate, Generative AI to solve business challenges and create measurable value.\nBuild and evaluate reliable AI and machine-learning solutions, testing their quality and robustness and taking privacy, bias and human oversight into account.\nWrite production-quality, reusable and testable code, applying practices such as Git, code reviews, automated testing and CI/CD.\nWork closely with Data & ML Engineers to make solutions reproducible and support their deployment, versioning and monitoring.\nCollaborate with business stakeholders and colleagues across disciplines, translating complex approaches and results into clear insights and continuously improving solutions based on feedback.\nWhere will you work?\nThe Vattenfall B2C Data & Analytics department develops data-driven solutions for our customers and customer processes. We do this through machine learning models, strategic analysis, reporting and self-service data solutions.\nThe department works across three business domain teams, where data experts and business experts collaborate closely to realise valuable data solutions. Each team consists of an Analytics Translator, Analytics Engineers and Data Scientists and is supported by Data & ML Engineers from IT.\nWe value the joint development of ways of working and best practices. You will participate in our Data Science Community of Practice, where colleagues exchange expertise and continuously improve how we work.\n You are a solution-oriented Data Scientist who enjoys combining analytical thinking with practical problem solving. You take ownership of your work while collaborating closely with colleagues from different disciplines. You are curious about new approaches, but also critical: whether you use classical machine learning or Generative AI, you want to understand how a solution works and whether it actually adds value.\nYou can explain models and results clearly to colleagues without a technical background and are comfortable iterating on your work based on feedback.\nAlso, you recognize yourself in the following:\nYou have an academic degree with a strong quantitative component, such as Mathematics, Physics, Econometrics or a comparable field.\nYou have professional work experience as a Data Scientist or in a closely comparable Data Science role and have applied machine-learning methods to real-world problems.\nYou communicate clearly in written and spoken English; Dutch is a plus.\nYou are comfortable working in an agile environment.\nYour technical experience includes:\nWriting production-quality Python;\nApplying machine-learning techniques, probability and statistics to real-world problems.\nWorking with large and complex datasets, including an understanding of distributed computing.\nPractical experience with Generative AI, such as LLM APIs, prompting and structured outputs, and an understanding of how to evaluate controlled AI workflows.\nWorking with DevOps practices (CICD, code reviews, git, etc.\n Our offer\nThe height of your salary is based on your education and relevant work experience. The salary for this position ranges from €4,862 to €6,077 gross per month, excluding holiday allowance, based on 38 hours per week.\nIn addition to your salary, we offer:\n8% holiday allowance, a 4.5% end-of-year payment and profit sharing of up to 3.5% of your annual salary based on the results of Vattenfall Netherlands (RDR).\nAn NS Business Card for commuting or a travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometer, up to 50 kilometers one way, plus a home-working allowance of €3.05.\n20 statutory vacation days and 5 additional vacation days as part of My Budget My Choice.\n2 additional non-statutory days as compensation for overtime from scale 9, as part of My Budget My Choice.\n3.5 vitality days and 13 ADV days when working a 40-hour week on a 38-hour contract.\nMy Budget My Choice, allowing you to buy or sell additional vacation days, purchase a bicycle or have the budget paid out monthly.\nAn ABP pension, with Vattenfall contributing 70% and you contributing 30%.\nA collective health-insurance discount with Zilveren Kruis Achmea.\n4 hours of leave to perform volunteer work through the Vattenfall Foundation.\nAn education budget for your personal development.\nHybrid working is the norm. You will work at least 50% of your time at the office, while the precise arrangement is aligned with what suits the role and the team. We value a healthy work-life balance and continue to explore how we can support this as an employer.\nMore Information\nWe welcome your application in English no later than the 11th of November. Please submit your application exclusively through our website, as we cannot guarantee the processing of applications submitted through other channels. An online assessment will be part of our recruitment process.\nFor more information about the position or recruitment process, please contact Eva Deen, Recruitment manager, .\nAt Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.\nThe security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. Pre-employment screening therefore forms part of the selection process. 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