Senior Data Scientist - product, scale up, fintech
Contract Type:
Full Time
Location:
Sydney - New South Wales
Industry:
Banking & Financial Services
Contact Name:
Jason Pretorius
Contact Email:
Jasonp@coxpurtell.com.au
Contact Phone:
0292203400
Date Published:
20-Jan-2026
Senior Data Scientist – Credit & Behaviour Modelling
This is a hands-on Senior Data Scientist
role within a product-led fintech building consumer credit and payment products at scale.
The role sits close to core product, credit, and portfolio decisions – not as a side analytics function.
You’ll own credit and behavioural models end-to-end: from data exploration and modelling through to production deployment, monitoring, and real portfolio impact.
Salary:
Up to $200k + Super
Location:
Sydney or Melbourne(hybrid / remote supported)
What You’ll Be Doing
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Build, extend, and maintain credit and behavioural models used in production
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Own loan portfolio performance, including monitoring drift, stability, and outcomes
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Perform exploratory analysis and clear data visualisation for decision-making
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Partner closely with engineering to productionise models into a TypeScript-led backend
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Coach and mentor engineers and data scientists on data, modelling, and ML practices
Technology Environment
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AWS(Airflow / MWAA)
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Python for analysis and modelling
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JavaScript / TypeScript in the product layer
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SQL for analytical workflows
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Optional but valuable: S3, Glue, Athena, IAM, SageMaker
How This Role Actually Operates
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Reports directly to the CTO
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Small, high-trust team with real autonomy
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Data Science split across Melbourne, with CTO and core engineering in Sydney
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Models are expected to run in production, be monitored, and influence decisions
Send me your CV, let's talk about it.
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