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M-KOPA

Data Scientist – Credit Eligibility

M-KOPA

Data Scientist at M-KOPA building predictive models for credit eligibility and pricing across African markets. Collaborating with various teams to enhance financial inclusion for underserved customers.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇰🇪 KenyaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
NumpyPandasPythonScikit-LearnSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Building and refining credit scoring models that assess customer creditworthiness, default risk, and loan pricing across multiple markets
  • Developing and testing ML models for loan eligibility and pricing optimisation through A/B testing and statistical analysis
  • Continuously improving eligibility criteria by analysing repayment data, engineering new features, and monitoring credit performance for risk shifts and margin impact
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, and commercial stakeholders to scale models into production

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience building predictive models, particularly credit scoring, risk models, or similar classification/regression problems
  • ML background with hands-on experience in model development, validation, deployment, and performance monitoring
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and relevant ML libraries (scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, etc.) with experience in feature engineering, model selection, and hyperparameter tuning
  • Experience translating complex model outputs into actionable business strategies and stakeholder communications
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and commercial teams
  • Strong data communication skills — written, oral, and visual

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
  • Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
  • Professional development programmes and coaching partnerships
  • Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
  • Well-being support and career growth opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools
credit scoring modelspredictive modelsrisk modelsmachine learningmodel developmentmodel validationmodel deploymentperformance monitoringfeature engineeringhyperparameter tuning
Soft Skills
collaborationdata communicationstakeholder communicationcross-functional teamworkanalytical skills