Senior Data Scientist - Credit Eligibility

Job description

Join our Credit & Underwriting team! We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist who loves building machine learning models and solving ambiguous data problems. This is a fully remote data science role within a growing mission-driven fintech. You'll own the models that shape loan eligibility and pricing across 5 African markets. This is a small team with big responsibility, where your work directly shapes lending strategy for millions of customers. The Impact: Your models will directly shape how millions of underserved customers access credit for the first time. We've already helped over 7 million customers access over $2 billion in credit, and we process over 1.5 million payments daily. It's your chance to be part of something that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent 🌍 The Opportunity: 🎯 Mission-driven data science : Build credit scoring and pricing models that expand financial access for customers traditionally excluded from formal lending 🏆 Global recognition : Join a company named by TIME 100 as one of the world's most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa's fastest-growing for 4 consecutive years (2022–2025) 🚀 Scale challenges : Work with rich re...