Who we areRanked in **** by the Financial Times, Moniepoint is Africa's fastest-growing fintech, trusted by over 10 million business and individual accounts, processing billions of Naira in transactions monthly.
Who we areRanked in **** by the Financial Times, Moniepoint is Africa's fastest-growing fintech, trusted by over 10 million business and individual accounts, processing billions of Naira in transactions monthly.
About this roleWe're looking for a Data Scientist to sit at the heart of how we fight fraud — building the models, experiments, and detection systems that protect millions of customers and merchants across our platform.
This is a high-impact role at the intersection of machine learning, product, and engineering, where your work will directly shape how Moniepoint detects and responds to emerging fraud threats.You are a data-driven, intellectually curious Data Scientist who is energized by hard problems in fraud and financial crime.
You'll prototype and ship ML models, design experiments, and uncover new fraud signals across our ecosystem — partnering closely with engineers, product managers, and analysts to turn your work into production?Responsibilities Prototype, evaluate,



and help produce machine learning models for fraud detection; own their ongoing monitoring and retraining cycles.Work closely with fraud operations, engineers, product managers, and data analysts to translate model outputs into real?Experience & Background A strong foundation in statistics with a degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or similar).3+ years of experience in data science, decision science, or risk analytics within fraud, payments, or financial crime.Hands?on experience building and deploying machine learning models in a production environment.Solid grounding in data science fundamentals: experimentation, statistical inference, model evaluation, and feature engineering.Skills & Competencies Proficiency in Python and SQL; An investigative instinct — you enjoy digging into data to find patterns others miss.focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.Compensation: You'll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, plus other benefits.

📌 Data science expert. (Madrid)
🏢 Moniepoint Group
📍 Madrid