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.