Working pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office
Start date: November 2026
Contract: 6 months
Rate: €80–€100 per hour
Initial engagement: 4–5 months with potential to extend
We’re working with a growing European FinTech business looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join their team on a 6-month contract.
This is a hands-on role focused on using data science, predictive modelling and simulation to solve complex commercial and financial problems.
The RoleYou’ll be responsible for taking data-driven projects from initial analysis through to modelling, deployment and communicating the results to stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Analyse structured and unstructured data to identify insights and opportunities
- Translate business challenges into analytical hypotheses and data science solutions
- Design, train, deploy and monitor predictive models
- Develop data-driven business cases and commercial models
- Build and run simulation scenarios to assess revenue and business impact
- Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and turn them into practical analytical solutions
- Carry out ad-hoc analysis to answer complex business questions
- Communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Contribute to the end-to-end data science lifecycle, from data exploration through to deployment
- Strong commercial Data Science experience
- Excellent Python and SQL skills
- Strong experience developing predictive models
- Experience working with both structured and unstructured data
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Experience with simulation, scenario modelling or revenue/pricing models
- Ability to translate business requirements into analytical solutions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
- Experience working within financial services, FinTech, trading or financial markets
- Understanding of financial products such as options, futures, equities or FX is highly beneficial
