Senior Data Scientist

Jex Recruitment | Connecting top talent with leading companies; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Jex Recruitment is assisting a Dubai FinTech start-up to hire a Senior Data Scientist focused on credit risk and credit modelling. The role requires hands-on model development, deployment and close collaboration with risk, product and engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in data science, experience with credit scoring or underwriting models, and strong Python/SQL skills to scale models from development to production in a lending context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Science / Machine Learning
• Strong experience within credit, lending or consumer finance
• Proven experience building credit risk, credit scoring or underwriting models
• Experience working with large-scale customer and transactional datasets
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience taking models from development through to production
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced FinTech/startup environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with product, risk and engineering teams

Skills

Python

SQL

Credit risk

Credit scoring

Data science

Model deployment

Communication

Job description

Hiring: Senior Data Scientist – Credit | FinTech | Dubai

We’re working with a fast-growing FinTech startup in Dubai that is looking to hire a Senior Data Scientist to join its expanding data team.

This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on credit risk and credit modelling, so we’re specifically looking for candidates who have previously built and deployed models within a lending or credit environment.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Science / Machine Learning
• Strong experience within credit, lending or consumer finance
• Proven experience building credit risk, credit scoring or underwriting models
• Experience working with large-scale customer and transactional datasets
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience taking models from development through to production
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced FinTech/startup environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with product, risk and engineering teams