Lead Data Scientist

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Hello there. We’re Zopa.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward.

Find out more about our fantastic offerings at  !

Our Story

Hello there. We’re Zopa.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward.

Find out more about our fantastic offerings at  !

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

At Zopa,dataandthe application of machine learning is at the heart ofwhat we doand the products we bring to market.

Within consumer financial services we have pioneeredmodern data science techniques using advanced

ML modelsfor more than 7 years.

Today more than
98% of ourlendingdecisionsare driven by ML models - so it's safe to say it is seriously impactful work!

As a Lead Data Scientist at Zopa, you will be leading high impact projects related to data and modelling, across a broad range of topics such as marketing, customer engagement, credit risk, fraud detection and pricing.

You will own the full lifecycle of your projects, including the discovery of business opportunities through statistical analysis, data curation and processing, feature engineering, development of machine learning model, deployment to production, and model monitoring. You will engage with senior stakeholders across the company, influence critical business decisions, and make direct impacts on our products and millions of customers.

On daily basis, you will work closely with product managers, analysts, data engineers and software engineers to make progress on your project. You will also support other data scientists by knowledge sharing, code review, collaboration on common utilities and analytical infrastructure.

A day in the life..

• Lead high impact projects related to data and modelling.
• Own the full lifecycle of your project, including the discovery of business opportunities through statistical analysis, data curation and processing, feature engineering, development of machine learning model, deployment to production and model monitoring.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across the company, influence critical business decisions, and make direct impacts on our products and millions of customers.
• Work closely with product managers, analysts, data engineers and software engineers to make progress of your project.
• Support other data scientists by knowledge sharing, code review, collaboration on common utilities and analytical infrastructure.

• You love data. You are passionate about tackling real world problems with data. You have proven track record of solving complex data problem and deliver business value.
• You are a scientist. Always curious and eager to learn. You have an inquisitive mind to delve under the surface and challenge status quo. You are fearless in innovation, for the good of our customers and the world.
• You are a great communicator. You enjoy influencing decision makers with insights from data. You can foster mutual…