Senior Data Scientist (AI & ML)

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Scientist to join Rightmove’s growing Data & Analytics team and lead the development of cutting-edge machine learning and AI solutions to enable innovative impact at scale, helping Rightmove deliver exceptional experiences and value to consumers, our partners and all our stakeholders across the UK property market. In this role, you’ll be a technical leader in a cross-functional team, identifying business opportunities and designing scalable ML models that power smarter experiences for consumers and partners. You’ll drive experimentation and model development, from architecture through deployment, working closely with colleagues across product, design, engineering, and data. We’re looking for someone with deep technical expertise and a passion for applied innovation, someone eager to explore emerging techniques in AI and bring them to production in impactful ways. You’ll also play a key role in shaping Rightmove’s AI strategy, evaluating new technologies, and mentoring others across squads. Our Data & Analytics team has grown significantly over the last 18 months, with strong ongoing investment in infrastructure, tooling, and talent. This is a unique opportunity to own high-impact projects, help define our AI roadmap, and influence the future of how the UK engages with property. What youll be doing • Being hands on in the design, prototyping, developing, evaluating, testing, and optimisation of machine learning and generative AI and machine learning powered solutions to solve interesting and complex business problems • Working closely alongside Machine Learning Engineers to optimise, scale, deploy, integrate and monitor ML and GenAI powered solutions on our cloud based data & AI tech stack • Collaborating with product managers, designers, software developers, product analysts and data engineers on the development of AI powered consumer and partner facing features • Overseeing the activities of data scientists when needed, ensuring proper definition of their tasks, reviewing code, improve ways of working along with providing longer term technical mentorship and guidance • Facilitating optimal scaling and adoption of machine learning and generative AI, via effective AI systems design and development of reusable components for model training and evaluation. • Acting as a key technical leader in data science & AI and point of contact for specific Rightmove business domains • Influencing strategic decisions around Rightmove’s AI offering, collaborating with senior management and key stakeholders in identifying and prioritising AI opportunities that drive value for Rightmove’s consumers, partners and people • Exploring and promoting use of machine learning and generative AI across Rightmove’s portfolio of applications and products • Providing expertise on statistical and mathematical concepts for the broader Data & Analytics Team Were looking for someone who has • Proven experience delivering ML and generative AI solutions, especially in search, recommendations, and LLMs. • Skilled in end-to-end ML lifecycle: problem framing, model development, deployment, and optimisation. • Strong ability to translate ambiguous business problems into high-impact ML solutions. • Experienced technical leader – mentors others, shares knowledge, and promotes best practices. • Excellent communicator, able to work cross-functionally and tailor messages to different audiences. • Hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, ML frameworks (e.g. XGBoost, TensorFlow, PyTorch), and cloud tools (GCP, BigQuery, Vertex AI). • Familiar with generative AI tools and frameworks (e.g. OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangChain). • Deeply curious, commercially minded, and impact-driven with strong critical thinking skills. • Comfortable in fast-paced environments with a proactive, self-starter mindset. • Holds a relevant STEM degree (BSc, MSc, or PhD) and 6 years of applied data science experience. About Rightmove Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen. Were home to the UKs largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing whats on the market. Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee 1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include: • We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers. • We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations. • We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity. • We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive. • We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 9/6/2025