Job Description

The Bank is transforming into an AI-led bank, revolutionizing how we serve our customers and drive the future of finance. We leverage our rich heritage and expertise to build a data-driven powerhouse that anticipates customer needs, personalizes experiences, and optimizes operations. We're not just talking about AI; we're deploying it, and we're seeing tangible results that touch the lives of every Egyptian. Join our agile, hybrid team and be at the forefront of this exciting transformation!

About the Role: We're looking for a highly experienced Senior Data Scientist to join our growing team. You will lead challenging and impactful projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions. You will also mentor junior team members and contribute to the overall AI strategy. Our commitment to agility, human-centricity, social inclusion, and digital transformation is at the core of our work.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end data science projects from conception to deployment.
• Develop and implement advanced machine learning models and algorithms.
• Perform advanced data mining and analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
• Design & guide team members in the optimization, deployment and productionize AI models at scale.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to senior management and stakeholders.
• Drive innovation in data science methodologies and tools.
• Mentor and coach data scientists. We need to remove the sentence as it is not a core responsibility to Senior Data Scientist (not a managerial or supervisory position) , guidance to junior team members is already covered in point 4

Requirements

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in Data Science or a related field
• Excellent understanding of ML/DL and Statistics, theoretical concepts as well as practical applications.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python or R.
• Ability to write clean, optimized, and efficient code with the ability to review and optimize team members’ submissions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in an agile, hybrid team environment.

Desirable Skills:

• Relevant experience in the financial industry (preferred, but not required).

· M.Sc. in related field is a plus.

· Understands trade-offs between model accuracy, business impact, and deployment speed

• Experience with MLOps principles and tools.