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Senior Data Scientist - Credit Risk

Funding Societies | Modalku Group
CompanyFunding Societies | Modalku Group
CategoryData & Analytics
LocationSingapore
RemoteOn-site (inferred)
EmploymentFull-time
LevelSenior
SalaryNot stated by the employer
Posted31 Jul 2026
Last verified9 Aug 2026
SourceEmployer ATS (workable)
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Description
Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed and operating  in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, and backed by Sequoia India (Peak XV), Softbank Vision Fund, Khazanah and SMBC bank amongst many others. Funding Societies | Modalku provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is funded by individual and institutional investors, as well as payments solutions to SMEs and consumers. Here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values GETFS: Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves. Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed. Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation. Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results. Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession. Role Overview We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. You will work with a diverse team of experts in a collaborative and innovative environment, analysing complex datasets, developing predictive models, and providing insights that drive business decisions. Key Responsibilities Model Development & Deployment: Design, build, and productionise machine learning models for credit scoring, risk profiling, fraud detection, and customer segmentation, calibrating existing scoring logic and business rules to improve predictive performance. Model Governance & Documentation: Prepare and maintain model documentation (data sources, features, assumptions) and drive models through internal review, credit review, and sign-off ahead of deployment, ensuring models remain interpretable, robust, and aligned with regulatory standards. Analytical Insights & Impact: Perform deep-dive analyses to uncover trends and actionable insights that improve model performance and product strategy, translating findings into clear, data-driven narratives and building self-serve tools, dashboards, and model monitoring frameworks for transparency and measurable impact. Model Infrastructure & MLOps: Build and maintain scalable model pipelines and infrastructure supporting the end-to-end lifecycle (training, validation, deployment, monitoring), and automate workflows to reduce operational overhead and enhance reproducibility and governance. Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor junior data scientists and analysts through structured guidance and technical reviews, and lead high-impact data science initiatives from problem scoping to final delivery. Requirements 5+ years of experience in data science, preferably within the fintech or financial services industry. Proven experience developing and deploying machine learning models in a production environment. Strong background in statistical analysis and machine learning. Expertise in credit modelling and risk management is an added advantage. Experience navigating formal model governance processes (documentation, committee review, sign-off) in a regulated environment. Comfort incorporating AI-assisted tools (e.g. code generation, automated documentation) into day-to-day model development. Benefits Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries. Flexible working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life. Medical benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their backs for the