Senior Data Scientist

Monzo; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in the UK is seeking a Senior Product Data Scientist to drive data-driven decision making. You'll work in cross-functional squads to improve user engagement and product strategies. Ideal candidates should have a grounding in SQL, experience with A/B testing, and a proactive mindset. This role offers a salary of £80,000 to £95,000, stock options, and a flexible working environment, including potential relocation support.

Benefits

Stock Options

Flexible working hours

Learning budget of £1,000 per year for courses

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in SQL and preferably Python.
• Experience in conducting large scale A/B experiments.
• Eager to make a positive impact on company and users.

Responsibilities

• Apply quantitative analysis to understand user interaction.
• Guide product teams on measuring key metrics.
• Collaborate with finance on user profitability metrics.
• Ensure proper data collection for business insights.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data mining

Quantitative analysis

A/B testing

Team collaboration

Job description

??London | UK remote | ?? £80,000 to £95,000 + Stock Options + Benefits | Hear from the team

About our Data Science Team:

We're looking for a Senior Product Data Scientist excited to help build the bank of the future. You'll have the opportunity to super charge our user engagement in 2025 and help us to build a bank that customers truly love.

At Monzo, we're building a bank that is fair, transparent and a delight to use. We’re growing extremely fast and have over 11 million customers in the UK. We’ve built a product that people love and more than 80% of our growth comes from word of mouth and referrals.

Enable Monzo to Make Better Decisions, Faster

We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. And we're great believers in powerful, real-time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker which gives data scientists the head space to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.

How we hire

We are excited to be expanding and are hiring for multiple roles across our Data Science teams! Whether your interests lie in Borrowing, Growth, Payments, Fincrime, Wealth, or Core, we are looking for talented individuals with a versatile skill set to contribute across our squads. While we allocate teams after the interview process, we aim to match your skills and aspirations with the most suitable role. Throughout the process, you will meet team members from across our Data Science collectives, who will guide you through the opportunities available. Join us and be part of shaping our future!

What you’ll be working on

We work in cross-functional squads where every data scientist is a member of a central data discipline and fully embedded into 1 product squad alongside engineers, designers, marketers, product managers etc.

Your day-to-day

• Applying your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with our products and how those insights can inform our product strategy
• Guide and enable product teams to measure things that matter; initiate or help run A/B experiments to keep improving everything we do
• Drive together with the finance team a unified company-wide understanding of the lifetime value of our users and how different product features are impacting user profitability
• Liaise with engineers to keep making sure we collect the right data to produce relevant business insights

You should apply if:

What we’re doing here at Monzo excites you!

• You're impact driven and eager to have a real positive impact on the company, product, users and very importantly your colleagues as well
• You're commercially minded and can put numbers into business perspective
• You’re as comfortable getting hands-on as taking a step back and thinking strategically
• You have a self-starter mindset; you proactively identify issues and opportunities and tackle them without being told to do so
• You're a team player whom your colleagues can rely on
• You have solid grounding in SQL and preferably Python
• You have experience in conducting large scale A/B experiments

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves three main stages:

• Recruiter Call
• Initial Call
• Technical Interview
• Final Interview including a case study and collaboration interview

Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you

do have any specific questions or want to talk through reasonable adjustments ahead of or during application please us at any point on

What’s in it for you:

?? £80,000 to £95,000 + Stock Options + Benefits

?? We can help you relocate to the UK

? We can sponsor visas

??This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

? We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

??Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

?And much more, see our full list of benefits here

If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance.

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