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Data Scientist - Swindon

Location:London (Hybrid – 2-3 days/week onsite)

Contract Length:6 months initially (with high likelihood of extension)

Type:Contract

Day Rate:Competitive – Dependent on Experience

Start Date:ASAP / July start preferred


We are representing aconfidential FinTech start-upbased in London that has seendouble-digit growth over the past 5 years. Founded by former investment banking and tech leaders, the company specialises inautomated credit decisioning, embedded finance, and next-gen lending platforms.


As part of this expansion, they’re looking for an experiencedData Scientistto join their fast-paced, agile environment on a6-month hybrid contract.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and deploy machine learning models for risk scoring, customer segmentation, and product optimisation
  • Analyse large financial datasets to uncover trends and support product and credit teams
  • Develop custom statistical models for portfolio analysis and performance forecasting
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and analytics teams
  • Contribute to scalable data pipeline and feature store development


Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experienceas a Data Scientist in a commercial setting
  • Strong skills inPython, SQL, and machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost, etc.)
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and version control (e.g., Git)
  • Experience working with financial or transactional data is a plus
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degreein Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Prior experience in a start-up or scale-up preferred
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