
Sparkbox is a retail planning, price optimisation, and insights platform powered by machine learning. We help busy merchandising teams make data-driven pricing and inventory decisions to improve…

Sparkbox is a retail planning, price optimisation, and insights platform powered by machine learning. We help busy merchandising teams make data-driven pricing and inventory decisions to improve…
Product: AI-driven retail platform for demand forecasting, price & markdown optimisation, automated buying, allocation and replenishment
Founded: 2018
Headcount (approx): 14
Funding: £1.5M investment announced from Praetura Ventures (Mar 2022)
Retail merchandising: demand forecasting, pricing/markdown optimisation, automated buying, allocation and replenishment
2018
Retail SaaS / Retailtech
.5M
Investment announced with two board additions (Colin Greene and Louise Chapman)
“Praetura Ventures led a .5M investment and took board representation”
We are looking for a mid-senior data scientist to join our growing team. As a member of our data science team, you will develop and deliver the machine learning and analytics that power our inventory and pricing optimisation solutions.
About Sparkbox
At Sparkbox, we believe retail should run on data. We’re building a suite of software solutions that eliminate guesswork and help retailers make better, data-driven commercial decisions.
Sparkbox was founded by a team of retail professionals and our clients are global retail brands. We are venture backed and have been recognised by Forbes, Retail Week, Fashion District, and Tech Nation as “one of the most exciting and innovative early-stage tech companies in the UK”.
We operate a hybrid model and we meet when it adds value to work together, typically once a week at our Holborn office.
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The Role
Reporting to our Principal Data Scientist, you will be responsible for planning and delivering projects to build on and enhance the predictive modelling that sits behind our existing solutions. You will play a key role in shaping and advancing our modelling approach, ensuring deployed solutions are robust, scalable, and continuously improving in performance.
We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded individual, motivated by the challenges of growing a technology company, with flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities. On our Data Science team, you will play a critical role in developing new and existing machine learning models and supporting best practices across the function.
This role would suit a candidate with strong machine learning experience, and an interest in applying new techniques within a retail and consumer goods environment.
Responsibilities
Required Skills
Nice to have..
Benefits
Location: Hybrid mix of remote and office work; UK only
Start date: ASAP