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.