Senior Data Scientist: Open Banking Credit Risk & ML Production

Noggin HQ; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company-wide bonuses

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

A VC-backed financial technology company in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks an experienced Data Scientist. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining machine learning models for credit scoring. You will collaborate with software engineers and own model lifecycle management. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, preferably with Open Banking data. This position offers learning opportunities, competitive holidays, and performance-based pay increases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial experience as a Data Scientist building machine learning models.
• Experience with Open Banking data and building consumer credit risk scorecards preferred.
• Domain relevant experience in FCA/PRA regulated firms, including banks, lenders, or credit risk companies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain machine learning models for credit decisioning.
• Collaborate with software engineers to deploy models in production.
• Own model lifecycle management and monitor performance.

Skills

Building machine learning models

Collaboration with software engineers

Model lifecycle management

Communication skills

Time management

AWS/GCP

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Flask/Fast API

Tools

Python

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Flask

Fast API

Job description

A VC-backed financial technology company in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks an experienced Data Scientist. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining machine learning models for credit scoring. You will collaborate with software engineers and own model lifecycle management. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, preferably with Open Banking data. This position offers learning opportunities, competitive holidays, and performance-based pay increases.