Senior Data Scientist

5 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom SF Technology Solutions Full time £75,000 - £85,000 per year

Job Location:

United Kingdom -England

Salary:

£75,000 - £85,000/annum

Fully Remote

Senior Data Scientist - Fintech | First Permanent DS Hire

£75,000-£85,000 + benefits | Fully Remote (UK)

Direct report to CDO | Build the DS capability | FCA-regulated product

This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing, FCA-regulated fintech as their first permanent Senior Data Scientist, shaping a brand-new data science capability from the ground up.

The business has built a highly successful SaaS platform in the Fintech space. With strong investment and FCA approval now secured, they're moving firmly into the data products and insights space - turning the rich consumer financial and behavioural data they hold into real intelligence, new models, and new customer offerings.

Things expected from you..

Sets the standard

Builds the capability

Shapes the roadmap

Becomes the go-to person for modelling, insights and DS foundations

If you're someone who enjoys autonomy, variety, being close to stakeholders, and having genuine influence in a startup that's now scaling - this is the ideal next step.

This is a genuinely varied and hands-on role where you'll:

Build and scale data science and modelling foundations in Databricks

Work with financial, consumer and behavioural data to create new models & scorecards

Design MI dashboards and reporting to help the business understand its own data

Collaborate closely with Product, Finance, Customer Ops and the senior leadership team

Evaluate where ML/AI can enhance the core SaaS platform

Present insights and model outputs clearly to non-technical stakeholders (including board/NEDs)

Influence how the data function grows over the next 12-24 months

This is the start of the data and analytics function - you won't just inherit a roadmap; you'll help write it.

You'll thrive here if you are:

A strong hands-on Data Scientist with experience in FS/fintech or regulated environments

Confident working with Python, SQL and Databricks

Capable of building predictive models, scorecards and ML components

Comfortable creating dashboards/MI to support internal understanding

Excited by a startup environment where you'll wear different hats

Able to communicate clearly to senior and non-technical audiences

Looking for ownership and long-term progression into Head of DS

Proficient in building analytic dashboards using Power BI or similar tools.

Experience working with consumer-level data (e.g., transactions, behavioural, utterance).

Why this role is genuinely exciting

You're the first permanent hire - you shape how DS works here

Direct line to the C-suite, not buried in a data pod

True autonomy: you influence strategy, tooling, roadmap and delivery

Visible across the entire business, including investors & NEDs

The company is moving from SaaS - data products, meaning greenfield work

Clear long-term upward path (team will grow over the next 12-24 months) - Underneath you ideally

This is the role for someone who wants more than just building models - someone who wants to make their mark and grow with a FinTech entering its next phase.

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