Senior Data Scientist - Featurespace

Visa; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop and maintain innovative analytic products. You will collaborate with teams, mentor junior members, and communicate insights effectively. Ideal candidates will have strong statistical modeling experience and a passion for tackling fraud and financial crime.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in developing statistical models and analytical products.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively.
• Proven communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end analytic products.
• Collaborate with various teams to share insights and identify opportunities.
• Mentor junior team members and manage workloads.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistical modeling

Communication

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Job description

In your role as Senior Data Scientist, you will help us achieve our goals and deliver success on behalf of our customers by:

1. Developing and maintaining end-to-end analytic products within our Solutions, including data schemas, advanced statistical models, reporting configuration, and documentation.
2. Collaborating across the organization with commercial, product, delivery, and engineering teams to identify opportunities, share insights, and develop products. We value adaptability, so you may be asked to take on additional duties as required.
3. Interacting with internal and external users to understand their problems and sharing insights with the team.
4. Working with Product Managers and team members to prioritize high-value tasks.
5. Coordinating work across multiple teams and taking on 'tech lead' responsibilities when needed.
6. Identifying risks and validating assumptions before development.
7. Processing and modeling large customer datasets end-to-end.
8. Leading the deployment and maintenance of statistical models and algorithms.
9. Testing analytical models and their integration within Featurespace platforms.
10. Ensuring comprehensive documentation accompanies analytics products, including reports, presentations, and visualizations.
11. Measuring and improving outcomes related to analytic products.
12. Supporting delivery teams with analytic products.
13. Communicating insights effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
14. Promoting the benefits of analytic products within Featurespace.
15. Participating in recruiting Data Scientists for the team.
16. Improving team processes and contributing to future team strategy.
17. Mentoring junior team members and managing workloads to ensure high-quality output.
18. Developing a strong understanding of the fraud and financial crime industries.

At Visa, we are passionate about making a difference. We lead the way in disrupting fraud from multiple vectors. In this role, you will join an exciting, innovative business new to the Visa family.

At Featurespace, we aim to be the world's best software company at protecting our clients and their customers from fraud attacks. We foster an innovative, fun, and positive team environment where everyone can contribute to solving our clients' problems in new ways. We strive for excellence and making our customers smile.