Principal Data Scientist

This is a remote position.

As the Principal Data Scientist at , you will take full ownership of our credit risk modelling strategy, from the design and development of credit scoring, underwriting, and forecasting models to the end-to-end management of ML pipelines. You will research and implement cutting-edge modelling techniques, ensuring robust feature engineering, rigorous performance evaluation, and scalable deployment into production. Your work will directly drive lending decisions, financial performance forecasting, and market expansion strategies. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will generalise solutions for new markets, apply causal inference and statistical best practices, and maintain high standards in data integrity and model governance, helping deliver responsible and data-driven financial products across Nigeria and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of ML models and credit risk modeling methodology
  • Credit scoring models (probability of default, survival analysis models)
  • Underwriting models (credit line assignment and risk assessment models)
  • Forecasting models (projected financial contribution and performance metrics)
• Ownership of ML pipelines and workflows (ETL, data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, model deployment)

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