Senior Data Scientist - Sydney
We strive to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow for our customers and team, bringing the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium together to make data driven decisions. By partnering with Quantium, a world-class data science and advanced analytics business we’re excited about the future as we unlock the power of insights to reimagine retail.
Through this partnership, we’ve created a business called wiq whose role is to harness the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium to reimagine retail by solving the most complex problems using data and analytics. As a team, we leverage Agile ways of working to help our team develop their skills while also making sure our team is focusing on solving the most complex problems for both our customers and team.
Senior Data Scientist- Work on a range of high impact data science projects in the Customer Domain
- Permanent role
- Surry Hills office location with hybrid and flexible work environment
We strive to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow for our customers and team, bringing the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium together to make data driven decisions. By partnering with Quantium, a world-class data science and advanced analytics business we’re excited about the future as we unlock the power of insights to reimagine retail.
Through this partnership, we’ve created a business called wiq whose role is to harness the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium to reimagine retail by solving the most complex problems using data and analytics. As a team, we leverage Agile ways of working to help our team develop their skills while also making sure our team is focusing on solving the most complex problems for both our customers and team.
What you’ll do
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a strategic and hands-on role in developing data science solutions that enhance product data capabilities, personalisation, and customer experiences. You will work autonomously while collaborating with cross-functional teams to build, refine, and optimise data-driven solutions.
Your work will be instrumental in improving digital experiences across our web and app platforms.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Define and drive the AI roadmap for product data, collaborating with business stakeholders to identify, size, and prioritise opportunities that enhance data quality, automation, and personalisation
- Develop and optimise machine learning models and GenAI data solutions for product data enrichment
- Design and implement content scoring algorithms to enhance the quality, accuracy and relevance of product data
- Set up and automate data jobs on GCP, leveraging services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Apache Airflow, and Vertex AI pipelines, to provide a reliable and scalable set of data attributes for business consumption
- Build scalable data pipelines to support end-to-end delivery of production-ready data assets, balancing cost, speed, security and business impact
- Ensure data governance and quality best practices, setting up data quality checks, load volume monitoring, anomaly detection, and cost attribution to track and optimise operational efficiency
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand their data needs and deliver solutions that drive measurable value
- Champion best practices in MLOps and model development, ensuring robust monitoring and continuous improvement of deployed models
What you’ll bring
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Data Scientist with a strong ability to translate complex data science methodologies into impactful business solutions to enhance our product information management system.- Ideally at least 5 years of experience in the data science field as a hands-on practitioner
- Strong technical expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and GenAI, with hands-on experience developing and deploying models in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Vertex AI, BigQuery)
- Experience in end-to-end machine learning model development, from data processing and feature engineering to model training, evaluation, and deployment
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
- Experience with MLOps and CI/CD pipelines for automated model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Strong understanding of core data engineering concepts, including:
- ETL/ELT pipelines and data ingestion strategies
- Data modeling (relational and non-relational databases)
- Data orchestration (e.g., Cloud Composer, APache Airflow)
- Data partitioning, indexing, and query optimisation
- Data quality and validation frameworks
- Security best practices for data pipelines and access controls
- Deep knowledge of data governance and data quality
- Experience working with GCP services or other Cloud providers
- A strong sense of ownership and initiative, with the ability to drive data science projects from ideation to execution
- Business acumen and stakeholder management skills, ensuring alignment between data science solutions and strategic business goals
- An interest in emerging AI and ML technologies, with a passion for continuous learning and innovation
What you’ll experience
Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- High impact role supporting our teams who enrich our communities.
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.
Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group
We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’
Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
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