Teya
Data Scientist
London, Remote. Posted 27 days ago
The role
You will build and test components of credit risk and pricing models. You will work across the model lifecycle from data exploration to deployment and performance monitoring.
What you will do
- Build and test components of credit risk and pricing models
- Explore internal and external data sources, clean and prepare datasets, and engineer features
- Carry out analysis of merchant behaviour, repayment performance and product performance
- Help track model performance and support investigations into drift
- Support Data Engineering with deploying models onto the ML Platform
- Document work clearly for review and building
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Engineering and Credit Strategy
Required qualifications
- Early in data science career with experience in data science, quantitative analysis or a related field
- Degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline
- Grounding in statistics and understanding of core machine learning techniques
- Working knowledge of Python and SQL
- Experience handling and analysing real-world datasets
- Ability to explain analytical work clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Curious, pragmatic and commercially minded
- Eagerness to learn, take on feedback and grow within a collaborative team
Nice to have
- Exposure to credit risk modelling or financial services
Benefits
- Hybrid working: 4 days in Central London office and 1 day from home
- Flexible working hours
- Physical and mental health support through WellHub including gym access, 1-1 therapy, meditation and digital apps
- Extended and improved maternity and paternity leave
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Health and Life Insurance
- Pension Scheme
- 25 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Office snacks every day
- Friendly, comfortable, and informal office environment
About the company
Teya is building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe. The company aims to provide simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support to help businesses run with confidence.