Senior Data Scientist
Company Description
Noggin HQ is a VC-backed financial technology company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Our mission is to build state of the art models that reshape credit scoring in a fairer and smarter way.
Role Description
To succeed in this role, you must enjoy a fast-paced, high-execution culture, and maintain exceptional standards at a critical stage. In particular, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain machine learning models for use in credit decisioning.
- Collaborate with software engineers in deploying the models into production environments.
- Own model lifecycle management and model performance monitoring that is delivered to the board.
- Use Open Banking transaction data to develop innovative credit risk solutions, fraud risk solutions and affordability solutions for our customers (lenders).
- Collaborate closely with the Founders, Senior Leadership Team, and Technical Team, to shape the product roadmap.
- Be a self-starter who can take real ownership and responsibility for their work and objectives, be highly organised and have excellent communication & time management skills.
Tech stack
- AWS/GCP
- Python - Preferred
- Docker Preferred or Kurbenetes
- SQL/PostgreSQL
- Git
- Nginx
- Flask or Fast API
- CI/CD, API development & Management, NLP, Machine Learning
Experience and skills
- 5+ years of commercial experience as a Data Scientist building machine learning models.
- Relevant degree, e.g., Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research.
- Previous commercial experience with Open Banking data and building consumer credit risk scorecards preferred.
- Domain relevant experience, e.g., have worked at an FCA/PRA-regulated firm, including banks, lenders, financial data companies, credit risk companies, Credit Reference Agencies.
- Comfortable with AWS and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Understand ISO 27001 requirements.
Benefits
- There are significant opportunities for progression and pay increases throughout the year, depending on performance, contribution and impact.
- Learning and development opportunities, where relevance is evidenced, can be paid for by the company.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Company-wide bonuses should commercial targets be hit.
How we work: We have an office based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and as such, thoroughly encourage candidates to apply who live in the North East.