Senior Data Scientist

A Credit Scoring Fintech with a world renouned Data Team have an opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to join their Lab in London

Role and Responsibilities 

• Applying, modifying, and inventing algorithms to solve challenging business and technical problems.
• Evaluating the predictive ability of data sets (and combinations of). Advising on optimal data-gathering strategies.
• Documenting and presenting, internally and externally, model process and model performance.
• Engaging and influencing business leaders in solution path design.
• Mentoring junior members of the team, if appropriate.

Skills and Experience 

• PhD OR MSc. in Computer Science OR related subjects
• 2yrs min. commercial experience 
• Deep knowledge of Python and either Scala, Java, C or R
• Experience with R, Tensorflow, ggplot, Stan, Julia 
• Production of machine learning methods and models e.g. clustering, regression, neural networks, SVMs, trees, and ensemble methods such as random forests and boosting.