Lead Data Scientist

Company: Harnham
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Location: Leeds
Job Description:

We are working with a leading data and analytics organization supporting banks and lenders by analyzing large‑scale consumer and transactional data.

The Role

You’ll join a specialist AI & Machine Learning team building modern credit risk and decisioning models. The focus is on moving beyond traditional scorecards to advanced ML and AI techniques applied to real‑world lending problems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and enhance credit risk and lending models
  • Apply ML and AI techniques including predictive modelling, clustering, segmentation, and transformer‑based models
  • Modernise legacy models using Python‑based ML approaches
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deploy models into production

Required Experience

  • Background in banking, fintech lending, credit bureaus, or consulting with lending experience
  • Strong Python and SQL skills
  • Experience using ML and AI models in regulated environments

Logistics

  • 3 days in office in either Leeds or Nottingham

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Posted: May 17th, 2026