Staff Data Scientist at Monzo – £165k Fintech Career — Remote

Seniority & Market Positioning: The Staff Data Scientist title sits above Senior and below Principal/Distinguished in most tech ladders. At £124,400–£165,000, this is competitive for UK fintech — market benchmarks for Staff DS roles in London typically range £110k–£160k, placing Monzo at or above the 75th percentile, plus performance incentives on top.

Skills You'll Build:

- End-to-end ownership of business-critical data strategy — rare and highly valued
- Causal inference, experimentation design, and decision science at scale
- Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management at the VP/Director level
- Mentorship and technical leadership — key for Principal/Head of Data trajectories

Career Trajectory: This role is a strong platform for moving into Head of Data Science, Principal DS, or VP of Analytics within 3–5 years. Monzo's scale (11M+ customers, rapid growth) means high-impact, real-world problems — not toy datasets.

Green Flags:

- Trust-based adaptable hours and part-time options signal a mature, employee-first culture
- Strong data infrastructure (centralised data, Looker self-serve) means less time on plumbing
- Visa sponsorship and relocation support indicates genuine international hiring commitment
- Explicit team matching after interviews reduces role-fit mismatch risk

Watch For: As a Staff IC role at a scale-up, there's inherent ambiguity and cross-team complexity. The expectation to both lead strategy and remain hands-on with SQL/Python is demanding — ensure you're comfortable operating at both levels simultaneously.

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London or Barcelona | UK Remote | £124,400 – £165,000 + Incentive Awards + Benefits

We're looking for a Staff Data Scientist excited to help build the bank of the future. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial judgement and can apply both to Monzo's most important and complex challenges.

At Monzo, we're building a bank that is fair, transparent and a delight to use. We're growing extremely fast and have over 11 million customers in the UK. We've built a product that people love and more than 80% of our growth comes from word of mouth and referrals.

Enable Monzo to Make Better Decisions, Faster

We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. We're great believers in powerful, real-time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use.



90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker, which gives data scientists the headspace to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.

As a Staff Data Scientist, you'll lead efforts on strategically important, business-critical problems. You'll apply judgement in areas of organisational or technical complexity, steward initiatives end-to-end, and focus your hands-on contribution where it can create the greatest impact. You'll be a trusted technical partner to senior leaders, raise the bar for Data Science across Monzo, and build capability in others through coaching, reusable approaches and clear standards.

We are excited to be expanding and are hiring across our Data Science teams. Whether your interests lie in Borrowing, Growth, Payments, Fincrime, Wealth or Core, we are looking for versatile people who can contribute across squads and collectives. While we allocate teams after the interview process, we aim to match your skills and aspirations with the most suitable role. Throughout the process, you will meet team members from across our Data Science collectives, who will guide you through the opportunities available.

You'll Play a Key Role By...

- Shape and lead the data strategy for a large domain or collective, connecting customer and commercial goals to a clear portfolio of high-impact Data Science work
- Identify, frame and lead strategically important problems where the path is ambiguous, dependencies span teams, and decisions involve meaningful customer, commercial, regulatory or operational trade-off

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