Principal Data Scientist

Closing date for applications: 19/07/2026

Location London, United Kingdom

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

Remote / On-site Hybrid

You’ll spend some of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll also regularly work at your office or hub to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Job description

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Principle Data Scientist

You’ll be identifying and working with data sets to solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed

We’ll look to you to act as a role model and lead the data community to identify and deliver opportunities to support the bank’s strategic direction through better use of data

This is an opportunity to achieve excellent exposure in a challenging role and to make a real impact with your work

You'll work from home some of the time, but you'll also spend a minimum of two days per week working from the office

What you'll do

As a Principle Data Scientist, you’ll be evaluating and improving business processes and products using scientific rigour and statistical methods. You’ll be supporting and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on a wide range of business problems, including the prevention of financial crime, understanding customer interactions with the bank and the management of credit risk.

You’ll also be:

Developing comprehensive knowledge of data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development

Communicating effectively across the functions and franchises to make business recommendations, influencing and gaining business buy-in

Conducting analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification in collaboration with business stakeholders

Iteratively building and prototyping data analysis pipelines to provide insights that will ultimately lead to production deployment

Identifying new methods, tools, techniques and opportunities to deliver business value via cost reduction, income generation or improved customer experience through the application of data science

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need evidence of previous project implementation and work experience gained in data analysis related field as part of a multidisciplinary team. Additionally, you’ll hold a degree in a quantitative discipline or have evidence of equivalent practical experience.

You’ll also demonstrate:

Strong understanding of fraud and financial crime systems, including transaction monitoring, onboarding/KYC processes, and real-time risk decisioning, with the ability to apply this knowledge to analytical and machine learning solutions

Experience with statistical software, database languages, big data technologies and cloud environments

Experience articulating and translating business questions and using statistical techniques to arrive at an answer using available data

The ability to demonstrate leadership, self-direction and a willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques

Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt the communication style to a specific audience

Extensive relevant work experience, including expertise with statistical data analysis such as linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models and sampling methods

Your benefits breakdown

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.

+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.

up to +10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.

Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

Welcome to our Bishopsgate hub

Based only a few minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street Station, the central location of this office makes working there incredibly convenient. Everything you need is close by, so you can run errands, go to the gym, and socialise with friends and colleagues before and after work.

Bishopsgate recently underwent a multi-year refurbishment programme to improve spaces and facilities as well as become more sustainable.