Data Scientist
Core
Build and deploy predictive models and credit scorecards to drive credit risk, lending, and business performance decisions across African markets.
Role type
Mid-to-Senior Data Scientist (Credit Risk)
Builds
Production credit risk models, scorecards, and dashboards for lending decisions
Domain
Financial Services / Credit Risk / African Markets
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Credit risk modeling, scorecard development, predictive analytics, Python, SQL, statistical modeling, feature engineering, model monitoring
Preferred skills
Experience in lending or financial services environments, knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery
Technologies
Python, SQL, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery
Responsibilities
Build, deploy, and maintain predictive models for credit risk and customer behavior; Develop and validate credit scorecards and risk models; Perform exploratory data analysis on large datasets; Design feature engineering processes; Monitor model stability and drift; Develop dashboards and reports to communicate insights; Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business objectives into analytical solutions
Seniority
Mid to Senior, hands-on IC