Data Scientist, Zopa
1-5 days a week in office
Financial solutions for borrowers and savers
Be an early applicant
Financial solutions for borrowers and savers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
1-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create simple, fair and honest financial products that have the customer's needs at heart.
Role
Who you are
- You are proficient in Python and SQL, with a good understanding of best practices in software engineering
- You have in-depth knowledge of machine learning algorithms (e.g., logistic regression, random forest, gradient boosted trees, neural networks, k-means, etc.) and statistics (e.g., Monte Carlo, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood, bootstrap, Bayesian inference)
- You have a strong understanding of effective MLOps processes, ensuring robust and scalable machine learning model deployment, monitoring, and maintenance
- You love data. You are passionate about tackling real-world problems with data and have a proven track record of solving complex data problems that deliver business value
- You are a scientist—curious, eager to learn, and willing to challenge the status quo. You embrace innovation for the benefit of our customers and the world
- You are a great communicator who enjoys influencing decision-makers with insights from data. You can foster mutual understanding and trust with stakeholders from different backgrounds
- You are a team player, striving for the success of the team and collaborating with an open mind. You have a can-do attitude and a strong commitment to getting the job done
- You have working knowledge of Git, Docker, CI/CD, and REST APIs
What the job involves
- Lead high-impact projects related to data and modelling, with a specific focus on impairment
- Own the full lifecycle of your project, including the discovery of business opportunities through statistical analysis, data curation and processing, feature engineering, development of machine learning models, deployment to production, and model monitoring
- Conduct regular analysis of model performance, including tracking key metrics, identifying anomalies, and diagnosing potential issues to ensure models remain robust and effective
- Monitor model results and business impact, proactively identifying risks and implementing improvements when necessary
- Engage with senior stakeholders across the company, influence critical business decisions, and drive projects that impact on our products and millions of customers
- Work closely with product managers, analysts, data engineers, and software engineers to advance your projects
- Support other data scientists through knowledge sharing, code review, collaboration on common utilities, and analytical infrastructure
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Zopa has been a pioneering force in the world of finance since 2005, lending out billions in personal loans since its inception, before the launch of its bank in 2020. Its depth of lending experience makes it a digital bank with a difference - offering all the benefits customers have come to expect from a challenger bank, but backed up by 16 years of know how.
As a bank, Zopa has the flexibility to offer much more than loans to their customers, such as their fixed term savings accounts and credit card. Their model is clearly defined, with a focus on lending and saving rather than current accounts - and its investment in its banking license has clearly paid off. The company has recently seen significant investment that will accelerate the growth of its current products as well as support expansion into the business lending space. It has also made its first ever acquisition, of the ‘buy now, pay later’ platform DivideBuy.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"My colleagues here at Zopa have a wealth of knowledge which they share constantly and are always willing to assist or give a second opinion on..."
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Dec 2024
$85.6m
LATE VC
Feb 2023
$94.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $916.2m
Company benefits
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Hybrid & flexible working model
- Health insurance with Vitality
- Generous holiday plus Zopa bank holidays
- 2 volunteer days a year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Private healthcare from Vitality
- Great deals on Zopa products
- Season ticket loans
- Discretionary unpaid leave
- Games room, meditation room, subsidised yoga classes, football league and more
Company values
- Champion our customers - Whatever your role, you’ll be close to our customers. We care passionately about doing the best for them.
- Help us make fearless choices - Our environment is fast-paced, agile and open. You’ll solve interesting and challenging problems, and be trusted and empowered to bring your ideas to life.
- Walk the talk - Like us, you’ll be honest, stick to your promises and face the tough moments head-on.
- Win smarter - You’ll be always on the lookout for a better way of doing things, going beyond ‘good enough’ and welcoming different points of view.
- Be in it together - You’ll join an ambitious, diverse and all-round approachable team with a mix of ideas and talents who inspire each other to be better every day.
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Giles Andrews OBE
(Board Member)Independent Non Executive Director at C. Hoare & Co., and at the Bank of Ireland. Chairman of carwow. Board Member at the Innovate Finance FinTech Strategy Group. Previously founded Caverdale Group.
Jaidev
(CEO, not founder)Promoted from within Zopa, previously COO. 12 years of experience at Capital One, including Chief Marketing Officer for UK.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zopa
Jamie Ferguson (Talent Acquisition Advisor)
- We're always looking for passionate and talented people who can help us be the best place for money. We welcome everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race or religion.
- We run a successful mentoring program, with 28 mentors across the business. We believe this launching pad helps our internal talent stretch beyond their comfort zone, explore new avenues and grow into future leaders.
- We’re focused on ensuring a fair approach to attracting talent, from how we advertise roles to our application and interview process. For all our hiring requirements we mandate 50/50 shortlists and diverse interview panels. We also run all our adverts through a recognised gender de-coder to ensure we attract and hire a diverse range of people. More recently we’ve been experimenting with new job boards and partnerships like Otta Jobs and BYP Network (Black Youth Partnership Network) to increase diversity in our candidate sourcing.
- We’ve secured trail-blazing partnerships with organisations like Code First Girls, YSYS and BYP Network. We’ve already had huge success with our Code First Girls cohort who joined our tech community as Software Engineers and Database Administrators in January.
- We encourage Zopians to create memorable career journeys, and internal mobility plays a huge part in this. All our live job vacancies are posted on our internal jobs board. Over the last 12 months, we’ve trained and supported many Zopians to make internal career moves and become compliance officers, developers, lawyers and HR specialists. In fact, 20% of our open roles in Q3 2021 were filled by internal candidates. This not only makes Zopa a great place to work, but also allows us to break down some of the systemic pipeline issues that we see in STEM professions.
- Our Diversity & Inclusion focus groups and “All in” club celebrate diversity through various company events, such as quiz nights and “Bring your kids to work” day – our favourite is international food night!
- Everyone at Zopa has different working styles, and we want to support them in any way possible. That’s why we’re committed to flexible working whether that’s from home, in the office or a combination of both. What’s more, our model includes the option of working from abroad for up to 90 days a year!
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