Kantar is the world’s leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.
In recent years, the market research industry has faced increasing threats from online fraud, particularly in incentivised markets. Fraudsters attempt to exploit survey systems for financial gain, and their tactics are constantly evolving. At Kantar, we are committed to staying ahead of these threats by investing in advanced data science solutions and fraud detection technologies.
This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to collaborate directly with Operational, Commercial, and Data Science leaders. You’ll be part of a talented team of analysts, scientists, engineers, and developers, working on mission-critical systems that support our global research operations.
What You’ll Do
Develop and deploy machine learning models to detect fraudulent panellists and improve panel quality.
Contribute to the full data science lifecycle: hypothesis generation, model development, deployment, and monitoring.
Analyse new data sources to identify opportunities for model enhancement and decision-making improvements.
Design and implement feedback loops to drive better data quality and commercial outcomes.
Apply supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to build scalable, production-ready solutions.
Collaborate with developers to ensure robust, high-availability of model predictions in a microservices architecture.
Create and maintain data pipelines and monitoring tools.
Communicate technical insights to non-technical stakeholders, including senior commercial leaders.
What You’ll Bring
5+ years of experience in data science experience.
Experience with supervised learning, unsupervised anomaly detection, or similar quality assurance domains.
Strong proficiency with python or a similar language.
Proven experience of automating model training pipelines using cloud services.
Working experience/knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, IAC and git version control.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.
A strong sense of ownership over data science products.
Experience in industries with large consumer marketplaces (e.g. programmatic media, travel, financial services) is a plus.
Knowledge or experience with Kafka is a plus.
Our Tech Stack
AWS (Sagemaker, S3, lambda), PostgreSQL, Grafana, Kafka, Redshift.
Note: The company is transitioning towards Azure for new development.
Why Join Us?
At Kantar, you’ll be part of a global leader in data, insights, and consulting. You’ll work on meaningful challenges, contribute to cutting-edge solutions, and help shape the future of market research. We offer a collaborative environment, opportunities for growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
Additional Information
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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Reading, King’s RoadUnited KingdomKantar Rewards Statement
At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.
We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.
We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.
We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.
Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.
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