Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist - Fintech | First Permanent DS Hire

£75,000-£85,000 + benefits | Fully Remote (UK)
Direct report to CDO | Build the DS capability | FCA-regulated product

This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing, FCA-regulated fintech as their first permanent Senior Data Scientist, shaping a brand-new data science capability from the ground up.

The business has built a highly successful SaaS platform in the Fintech space. With strong investment and FCA approval now secured, they're moving firmly into the data products and insights space - turning the rich consumer financial and behavioural data they hold into real intelligence, new models, and new customer offerings.

Things expected from you..

Sets the standard
Builds the capability
Shapes the roadmap
Becomes the go-to person for modelling, insights and DS foundations

If you're someone who enjoys autonomy, variety, being close to stakeholders, and having genuine influence in a startup that's now scaling - this is the ideal next step.

This is a genuinely varied and hands-on role where you'll:

Build and scale data science and modelling foundations in Databricks

Work with financial, consumer and behavioural data to create new models & scorecards

Design MI dashboards and reporting to help the business understand its own data

Collaborate closely with Product, Finance, Customer Ops and the senior leaders...