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Data Science Lead (DSL1) - KYC Global & Onboarding

London, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Lead the Verification Data Science team to build machine learning systems for document verification and risk mitigation in the KYC onboarding process.

Role type

Senior IC Data Science Lead (Team Lead)

Builds

Production ML models for document verification and KYC risk systems

Domain

Fintech / KYC / Document Verification

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, Deep learning, Python, Data engineering, Model lifecycle management, Team leadership, Stakeholder communication, Domain expertise in document verification

Preferred skills

Experience with image/tabular datasets, Research in criminal activity prevention, Hiring and coaching

Technologies

Python, Deep learning frameworks

Responsibilities

Own the data science roadmap and prioritize projects, Manage and develop data scientists through coaching and feedback, Iterate on deep learning image models, Measure and optimize model performance, Maintain large Python codebase, Research document verification domain to prevent criminal activity

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