This Senior Data Scientist directly supports Amar Bank's strategic goals of scaling data-driven lending, improving model governance, and increasing acceptance in new customer segments.
Responsibilities- Develop, maintain, and improve credit scoring and risk models using Python and SQL.
- Conduct feature engineering and data analysis to improve model performance.
- Collaborate with business, risk management, and IT to ensure models are deployed successfully.
- Document models and processes according to regulatory and internal standards.
- Contribute to process improvements and adoption of new tools (e.g., Vertex AI).
- Support knowledge transfer across multicultural teams.
- Proven track record in predictive model development and deployment, ideally in credit risk.
- Strong skills in Python and SQL.
- Understanding of the banking and credit risk domain.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Vertex AI or similar).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects.
- Fluent English, ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Experience with regulatory model governance.
- Prior exposure to Asian financial services markets.