Data Scientist Python SQL – FinTech

Overview

In this Data Scientist role, you will harness Python and SQL to explore large financial data sets and extract actionable insights for the business. You join a collaborative FinTech-scale team partnering with an established hedge fund client to drive data-driven decisions. You will translate complex data findings into clear business impact, in an Agile environment that supports learning and career growth. This is a hands-on role with a strong technical foundation and a clear path to impact in a fast-paced, scale-up setting.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary up to 80k (negotiable)
• Bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Bupa healthcare
• Generous pension contribution
• Continuous career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Investigate and manipulate large data sets using Python and SQL
• Analyze financial trends and present findings to stakeholders
• Work within an Agile, collaborative team to solve data problems and drive business decisions
• Contribute to backend data workflows and data quality initiatives in a FinTech context

Key requirements

• Outstanding academic record in a STEM discipline from a top-tier university with A grades at A-level
• Commercial experience as a Data Scientist
• Strong Python programming skills
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases
• Entrepreneurial mindset with good business acumen
• Collaborative, problem-solving mindset and idea-sharing orientation

• collaboration
• problem solving
• sharing ideas
• Python programming
• SQL databases
• Mathematics or statistical grounding

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