Lead Data Scientist

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Leeds / £70000 - £90000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

£70000 - £90000

Location

LOCATION

Leeds

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

AI Engineer / Data Scientist

3 days in Leeds or Nottingham

We are working with a leading data and analytics organisation supporting banks and lenders by analysing large‑scale consumer and transactional data.

The Role
You'll join a specialist AI & Machine Learning team building modern credit risk and decisioning models. The focus is on moving beyond traditional scorecards to advanced ML and AI techniques applied to real‑world lending problems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and enhance credit risk and lending models
  • Apply ML and AI techniques including predictive modelling, clustering, segmentation, and transformer‑based models
  • Modernise legacy models using Python‑based ML approaches
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deploy models into production


Required Experience

  • Background in banking, fintech lending, credit bureaus, or consulting with lending experience
  • Hands‑on experience building credit risk models
  • Strong Python and SQL skills
  • Experience using ML and AI models in regulated environments


Logistics:

  • 3 days in office in either Leeds or Nottingham

CONTACT

Libby Gunn

Managing Consultant

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