Graduate Data Scientist London, England
The Funding Circle UK
Full Time
London, England
49118 - 60161 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
What will you be doing?
We are looking for a talented data scientist to join our Decision Science modelling team. The person selected to fill this role would be responsible for:
- Complete two rotations (approximately 12 months each) in our Decision Science, Model Validation and Credit Risk teams
- Work directly with our senior managers to learn the skills, techniques and best practices needed to create and/or validate our industry leading models, and what could go wrong if these are not followed correctly
- Understand our cutting edge technology infrastructure, and work with our technology teams to deploy our models into a real time scoring environment
- Complete 2 secondments (of about 1 month each) in other teams within our Risk and Analytics departments to broaden your business knowledge and technical skills
- Use specific tools and languages such as R, Python, SQL and Tableau for reporting and analysis on our AWS data platform
Your contract of employment with Funding Circle will be permanent. Towards the end of the 24 month programme and subject to you meeting any of the programme's requirements, you'll be placed into a role in the team - bearing in mind your personal strengths and preferences as well as team needs
Are You?
- A recent graduate, or soon will be, with a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in a quantitative field or STEM related subject (Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, Engineering…)
- Proven in problem-solving using logical reasoning and analytical methods
- Passionate about Funding Circle’s mission and values
- Knowledgeable of R, Python or SQL would be highly desirable
- Comfortable working with Excel
