Senior Data Scientist | Relocation to UAE

Hace 4 días

Cequelinos Arbo, Arbo, Pontevedra; Paradanta (comarca); Provincia de Pontevedra; Galicia, España UMATR Jornada completa

We’re working with a fast-growing financial technology company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE using AI and decision science to transform how businesses access and deploy growth capital.

They’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to work at the intersection of financial-product research, AI and decision intelligence. You’ll tackle ambiguous commercial problems across credit, lending and investment, turning complex financial data into models, insights and practical AI-powered solutions.

You’ll work closely with investment, credit, treasury, Data Science and Engineering teams, helping identify where data and AI can create meaningful commercial advantage.

What You’ll Do

  • Research new financial domains, products and commercial problems to understand where data and AI can create value
  • Identify, assess and structure relevant financial and alternative data sources
  • Develop models and analytical approaches across areas such as credit scoring, risk assessment, cash-flow forecasting and portfolio analysis
  • Take ambiguous problems from initial hypothesis through to MVP, validation and iteration
  • Explore opportunities to automate financial and investment workflows using AI
  • Build practical AI solutions, including LLM, RAG and agent-based workflows , where they add genuine value
  • Translate complex quantitative analysis into clear recommendations, summaries and decision-support tools
  • Present findings and recommendations to investment, credit and business stakeholders

What We’re Looking For

  • 6+ years of experience in Data Science, Quantitative Modelling or AI/ML
  • Strong experience in a financial domain , ideally private credit, lending, underwriting, credit scoring, banking or risk
  • Experience with areas such as default modelling, LGD, model validation, credit risk or fixed-income products is highly valuable
  • Strong foundations in machine learning, statistics and data science
  • Advanced Python and strong SQL skills
  • Experience taking an ambiguous business problem and independently turning it into a data-driven solution or working prototype
  • Strong understanding of how to assess data quality, identify useful signals and validate model outputs
  • Practical understanding of modern AI approaches such as LLMs, RAG, agents and orchestration

Nice to Have

  • Experience with private credit, investment management, lending or financial products
  • Experience with XGBoost, LightGBM, SHAP or other predictive modelling techniques
  • Experience building AI-powered internal tools or prototypes
  • Familiarity with MLOps, MLflow or model monitoring
  • Experience creating simple dashboards or user-facing analytical tools using Streamlit, Tableau or Power BI
  • Exposure to PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • Experience with financial data platforms, alternative data or large-scale datasets
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, APIs, Docker or CI/CD
  • Experience with MCP or agent-based systems

Interested?

Apply today