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Head of Data, Drift Grid - information retrieval · transformers · Python

Drift Grid
London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
10+ years experience
Durham University
English
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Overview

Based in London. I lead NLP at Drift Grid. Taught SQL to 71 non-analysts. Before that: Google and Stripe. Most at home with information retrieval and evaluation. Learning woodworking.

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Skills
PyTorchtransformersPythonevaluationinformation retrieval
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6 data scientist roles open on the language team in London

Role
Data scientist
Level
Mid
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$127k-$197k + equity
Team
Language, 9 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp £76k-£127k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

London, UKtransformersevaluationinformation retrieval
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Experience

  1. Head of Data
    Aug 2025 - Present
    Drift Grid · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Built the language models now used in 8 product decisions a quarter.
    • Replaced 70 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  2. Analytics Manager
    Dec 2022 - Aug 2025
    Google · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Replaced 29 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  3. Analytics Manager
    Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
    Stripe · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Built the language models now used in 4 product decisions a quarter.
    • Taught SQL to 78 non-analysts.
  4. Data Analyst
    Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
    AstraZeneca · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Replaced 39 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  5. Senior Data Scientist
    May 2016 - Oct 2018
    Intercom · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Taught SQL to 131 non-analysts.
    • Built the language models now used in 9 product decisions a quarter.

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Education

  1. Durham University
    BA, Computer Science
    2002 - 2005

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