Senior Data Scientist – Telematics

Zego

Senior Data Scientist creating algorithms from phone sensor data for Zego's insurance pricing. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance driving quality and risk understanding.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with raw, high-frequency sensor data: GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, at scale
Research new behavioural features and detection algorithms
Design and build behavioural features and factors that feed Zego's understanding of driving quality
Take ideas from hypothesis to production
Prioritise simple, robust solutions
Lead experiments, validate impact with data, and automate insight generation
Collaborate closely with software engineers, product managers, and actuaries

Requirements

What you’ll need

MSc (or integrated MEng/MSc) in a quantitative field: Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or similar
Working knowledge of digital signal processing or sensor physics
Proven track record delivering data science or data engineering projects into production
Strong Python and SQL (we use Snowflake)
Experience developing and evaluating ML models on tabular data
You've designed, built, and maintained data pipelines from scratch
Fluent with AI coding assistants as part of daily engineering work
Strong communicator: you translate ambiguous problems into structured ideas
Growth mindset: curious, open to feedback, driven to keep improving
Nice to Have: Experience applying signal processing to noisy, high-frequency sensor/time-series data in production
Exposure to insurance, mobile data, or behaviour modelling
Experience with cloud platforms, containerisation, or data orchestration frameworks

Benefits

Comp & perks

market-competitive salary
private medical insurance
company share options
generous holiday allowance
annual flexible hybrid working contribution

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLdigital signal processingsensor physicsmachine learningdata engineeringdata pipelinesdata sciencebehavioural featuresalgorithms

Soft Skills

strong communicatorgrowth mindsetcuriousopen to feedbackproblem-solvingcollaborationleadershipvalidationautomationprioritization

Certifications

MScMEng