Data Scientist

NeoStats; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo Stats is seeking experienced Data Scientists to work on advanced analytics for UAE retail banking clients. The role focuses on building, validating and implementing ML models to support customer growth, credit decisions, risk management and portfolio performance.

Mandatory experience in Retail Banking Analytics with strong Python and SQL skills. Willingness to work from client locations in the UAE is required. Dubai-based candidates preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on Data Science experience.
• Mandatory experience in Retail Banking Analytics.
• Strong experience in Marketing Analytics or Credit Analytics.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience with large and complex banking datasets.
• Ability to explain model findings to clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, validate, optimize and monitor ML models for retail banking use cases.
• Develop Marketing Analytics solutions including segmentation, propensity modelling, churn prediction, and CLV.
• Develop Credit Analytics solutions including application scoring and risk analysis.
• Perform data exploration, feature engineering, model selection, tuning and validation.
• Collaborate with business, risk, technology and data teams; present findings to client stakeholders.

Skills

Marketing Analytics

Credit Analytics

Data Science

Python

SQL

Big data

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or master's in data science

Statistics or Mathematics

Tools

Databricks

Dataiku

Azure

Job description

About the Role

Neo Stats is hiring experienced Data Scientists to work on advanced analytics and machine learning engagements for leading retail banking clients in the UAE. We are looking for candidates with strong experience in either Marketing Analytics or Credit Analytics within Retail Banking. Experience across both areas will be an added advantage. This is a hands-on Data Science role focused on building, optimizing, validating and implementing machine learning models that directly support customer growth, credit decisioning, risk management and portfolio performance. Retail Banking experience is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

Build, validate, optimize and monitor machine learning models for retail banking use cases. Develop Marketing Analytics solutions including customer segmentation, propensity modelling, churn prediction, campaign targeting, cross-sell, upsell, next-best-action and customer lifetime value. Develop Credit Analytics solutions including application scoring, behavioural scoring, risk segmentation, early warning indicators, collections prioritisation and portfolio risk analysis. Perform data exploration, feature engineering, model selection, hyperparameter tuning and model validation. Work with customer, transaction, product, campaign, bureau and credit performance data. Translate banking business requirements into practical Data Science and Machine Learning solutions. Collaborate with business, risk, marketing, technology and data engineering teams. Present model findings and recommendations to client stakeholders. Support model governance, documentation, validation and ongoing performance monitoring.

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of hands-on Data Science experience. Mandatory experience in Retail Banking Analytics. Strong experience in Marketing Analytics, Credit Analytics, or both. Proven hands-on experience building and optimizing Machine Learning models. Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Experience working with large and complex banking datasets. Strong understanding of statistical modelling, feature engineering and model evaluation. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Good client-facing and stakeholder-management capabilities. Willingness to work from the client location in the UAE.

Preferred Skills

Experience with Databricks, Dataiku, Azure or similar platforms. Exposure to MLOps, model deployment and model monitoring. Experience in campaign optimisation, customer value management, collections analytics or portfolio risk management. Bachelor's or master's degree in data science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics or a related quantitative discipline.

Candidate Eligibility

Candidates currently based in UAE or India may apply. Candidates based in India should be willing to relocate to the UAE and work from the client location. Only candidates who can join immediately or within 30 days should apply.