Data Scientist, Travelex
3 days a week in office (Kingsway, London)
Foreign exchange platform
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Foreign exchange platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
3 days a week in office (Kingsway, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify their customers’ access to international money, however and whenever.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in data science or a related field
- Proven expertise in data mining, statistical modelling, and machine learning techniques
- Advanced experience in pattern recognition, predictive modelling, and feature engineering
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, and a solid grasp of software engineering best practices
- Strong understanding of data structures, model evaluation, and experiment design
- Experience with data visualisation tools and communicating insights effectively
- Familiarity with MLOps frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and model deployment
- Good knowledge of cloud-based data platforms (e.g. AWS, Databricks, Azure)
- Knowledge of data governance and ethical AI principles
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical results into business impact
- The ability to explain, brainstorm, present, simplify, clarify, prioritise, document, listen, negotiate and compromise
- Your own unique style or way of working, which will make our team diverse and original
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist with strong statistical expertise, analytical curiosity, and creative problem-solving skills to join our growing team
- In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to extract meaning from complex data, design predictive models, and translate insights into measurable business value
- You’ll be instrumental in shaping how data informs strategy and drives innovation across the organisation
- Act as a data strategist to identify, integrate, and leverage new data sources through product capabilities
- Collaborate with engineering teams to build, test, and deploy scalable data products and predictive models
- Execute analytical experiments to address challenges across multiple business domains
- Mine and process large structured and unstructured datasets to extract meaningful features and patterns
- Design, validate, and optimise algorithms and statistical models for predictive and prescriptive analysis
- Objectives:
- Collaborate with product and technology teams to understand data needs, business goals, and opportunities for innovation
- Research, prototype, and implement advanced statistical and machine learning models to solve complex business problems
- Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable insights that drive strategic decisions
- Embed data science and AI solutions into key business processes to enable intelligent automation
- Stay current with the latest developments in data science, AI frameworks, and responsible AI practices, and champion their adoption across teams
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As well as providing people with cash to travel, Travelex is a key supplier of wholesale banknotes to global financial institutions, central banks, credit unions, travel agencies, hotels and casinos.
The company has made strategic partnerships to further its product capabilities, most recently in the APAC region. Together with Nium it has launched its “Travelex International Money Transfer”, connecting users in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore with over 50 markets across the world. Meanwhile, its partnership with Kayak helps customers plan trips within its overhauled Money Card app.
Travelex is focused on further investing in developing its products. This will involve solutions that support their B2B2C aspirations and working with retail distributions to give customers the opportunity to self-serve more at the airport or pre-trip. The company’s global network and an ever-expanding list of capabilities has Travelex well-positioned to remain a strong market leader.
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Company benefits
- Additional Benefits Vary by Location
- 22 Days Plus Bank Holidays Pro-Rata
- Employee Discount Platform with Everyday Rewards by Bravo at Hundreds of Shops & Online Stores
- Employee Assistance Program
- Season Ticket Loan/Ride to Work Scheme
- Life & Dental Insurance, Critical Illness Cover
Company HQ
Peterborough, UK
Leadership
Richard Wazacz
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of BrickVect, and Founder of Octopus Wealth, and Octopus Labs. Became CEO of Travelex in 2022.
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