Lead Data Scientist

About Us

YouLend is a rapidly growing FinTech Company that is the preferred embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers. Our software platform enables our partners to offer flexible financing products in their own branding to their merchant base without capital at risk.

We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role:

As our Lead Data Scientist, you’ll spearhead our machine learning initiatives, shaping the future of data-driven strategies across every stage of our operations — from loan origination to debt collection. You’ll have the opportunity to lead the development, enhancement, and maintenance of pioneering machine learning models that transform complex data into actionable insights and substantial value.

Requirements

You will be responsible for machine learning, leading, mentoring and supporting anyone working on machine learning. There will be no line-management responsibilities to begin with, but that may well be added later.

Essential Skills:

• Machine learning experience in the real world
• Excellent ability to communicate with people with different backgrounds, including mentoring/teaching
• Low ego / team player
• Evolved problem solving skills
• Machine learning expertise and experience
• Fluent in Python
• Used to software development best practices and workflow

Desirable:

• MLOps tools like AWS Sagemaker, knowledge and understanding of full machine learning pipeline
• AWS
• dbt
• Snowflake
• Tableau

Salary: £90,000 – 150,000 + 20% Annual Bonus (based on performance)

Benefits

Why join YouLend?

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.

We offer comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Stock Options
• Private Medical insurance via Vitality
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
• Free Gym in office building in Holborn
• Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
• Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
• Monthly in office Masseuse
• Team and Company Socials
• Football Power League / Squash Club