Matilda Wood

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Data Scientist at Vellum Data · Recommendation systems · recommender systems, embeddings

Vellum Data
Belfast, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
3+ years experience
London School of Economics
English
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Vellum Data, where I work on recommendation systems. Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 6.6%. Previously at Intercom.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in recommendation systems
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on embeddings
  • Questions about recommendation systems
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Courses and coaching offers
Skills
PythonembeddingsPyTorchrankingSparkrecommender systems
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Scientist in food delivery, Belfast or hybrid

Target roles
Data Scientist
Level
Senior
Industries
Consumer apps, Developer tools
Work mode
Remote
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the UK
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (Series A) where recommendation systems is core to the product.
Not interested in
Pure people management

3 years in recommendation systems. Strongest at Python and embeddings. Serving notice now.

Belfast, UK · remote OKsparkembeddingspython
Open

Experience

  1. Data Scientist
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Vellum Data · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Belfast, UK
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Replaced 91 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  2. Data Analyst
    Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
    Intercom · 1 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Belfast, UK
    • Replaced 109 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

Projects

Write-up: recommendation systems in practice
2026

A long-form guide to recommendation systems for people starting out.

Open-source Spark toolkit
2026

A small library for recommendation systems that 232 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. London School of Economics
    BSc, Physics
    2019 - 2022

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