Senior Data Scientist
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Country
- UAE
- Category
- Data & Analytics
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Application
- External application
- Posted
- 22 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 15 Oct 2026
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About this role
🚀 Hiring: Senior Data Scientist – Credit | FinTech | Dubai
We’re working with a fast-growing FinTech startup in Dubai that is looking to hire a Senior Data Scientist to join its expanding data team.
This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on credit risk and credit modelling, so we’re specifically looking for candidates who have previously built and deployed models within a lending or credit environment.
What we’re looking for:
• 5+ years of experience in Data Science / Machine Learning
• Strong experience within credit, lending or consumer finance
• Proven experience building credit risk, credit scoring or underwriting models
• Experience working with large-scale customer and transactional datasets
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience taking models from development through to production
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced FinTech/startup environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with product, risk and engineering teams