Data Scientist – Credit/Scorecard modelling

Overview

In this Lead Data Scientist role, you’ll steer the data science function for a consumer lending fintech, shaping credit modelling and data infrastructure. You will own end-to-end work—from building a new data warehouse to developing and monitoring production credit models—driving improvements across the modelling suite. Expect a startup-style, collaborative culture with a strong tech focus and exposure to a high-profile financial software client. The position offers remote work with minimal in-office presence in West London and a generous compensation package.

Pay / Benefits

• Remote working
• Up to 130,000 salary
• 10% bonus
• Office presence 2 days per month
• West London location
• startup culture

Responsibilities

• Build a new Data Warehouse
• Build out a new set of credit models
• Work across the current range of credit models
• Develop challenger models to improve the modelling suite
• Monitor and report on these models, with oversight of the modelling process

Key requirements

• 5 years of Data Science experience
• Hands-on data scientist with financial sector experience
• Experience creating models/scorecards used in production
• Strong SQL
• Strong Python or R
• Strong understanding of data warehousing
• AI Tooling

• self-motivated and technically curious
• able to think and decide with autonomy
• team-oriented in a flat, startup-like environment
• SQL
• Python or R
• Data warehousing

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