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 DoResearch new financial domains, products and commercial problems to understand where data and AI can create valueIdentify, assess and structure relevant financial and alternative data sourcesDevelop models and analytical approaches across areas such as credit scoring, risk assessment, cash-flow forecasting and portfolio analysisTake ambiguous problems from initial hypothesis through to MVP,



validation and iterationExplore opportunities to automate financial and investment workflows using AIBuild practical AI solutions, including LLM, RAG and agent-based workflows, where they add genuine valueTranslate complex quantitative analysis into clear recommendations, summaries and decision-support toolsPresent findings and recommendations to investment, credit and business stakeholdersWhat We’re Looking For6+ years of experience in Data Science, Quantitative Modelling or AI/MLStrong experience in a financial domain, ideally private credit, lending, underwriting, credit scoring, banking or riskExperience with areas such as default modelling, LGD, model validation, credit risk or fixed-income products is highly valuableStrong foundations in machine learning, statistics and data scienceAdvanced Python and strong SQL skillsExperience taking an ambiguous business problem and independently turning it into a data-driven solution

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