Freedom Bank — Middle / Senior Data Scientist (Credit Risk)

Middle / Senior Data Scientist (Credit Risk)
Freedom Bank
750.000 to 1.500.000 KZT NET per month
Almaty / Office

Large bank in Kazakhstan

Responsibilities:
• Development of PD models (application & behavioral)
• Work with bureau data, telecom and other external sources
• Evaluation and transformation of new data sources into working features
• Contribution to anti-fraud systems (transactional, credit, dropper schemes)

Requirements:
• 1+ year of hands-on experience in building and deploying credit risk models
• Strong knowledge of Python, SQL, sklearn, LightGBM, CatBoost
• Deep understanding of classical ML and model internals
• Solid grasp of risk metrics (ROC-AUC, Gini, KS, PSI, etc.)
• Ability to explain model value and logic to business stakeholders
• Awareness of strengths and weaknesses of different models and data sources

Contacts:
NIKOLAIS@freedombank.kz
@statsenko