Our Story Hello there. We’re Zopa. We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at
Zopa.com!
We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.
If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife
The role:
We are on the lookout for a Senior Data Scientist with strong Natural Language Processing experience to join our Data Science team.
This role will work as part of a cross-functional squad in our Current Account Tribe helping to build new money management products that put customers in control of their financial lives.
We're looking to push the boundaries of what is technologically possible to help solve customers problems in new and unique ways. A key greenfield bet we are making is how we create new experiences using a variety of conversational interfaces, artificial intelligence, open banking data and advanced analytics.
A day in the life:
- Continuously learning about advancements in AI technology (e.g.NLP, LLM and Generative AI) and translate capabilities into potential opportunities
- Categorising and translating customers bank transaction (Open Banking) data into meaningful actions and insights
- Work closely with key business stakeholders to ensure the problems you’re solving and direction you’re setting fit within the overall strategy
- Work closely with product designers to closely understand customers problems to help focus on key actions
About you:
- You are an experienced Data Scientist with a background in Natural Language Processing
- You have strong Python + SQL skills
- Solid knowledge of statistics (e.g., Monte Carlo, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood, bootstrap, Bayesian inference)
- In-depth knowledge of machine learning algorithms: logistic regression, random forest, gradient boosted trees, neural networks, k-means, etc
- Working knowledge of Git, Docker, CI/CD, REST API
- Bonus points for experience working with Open Banking data
Flexible working? Yes please!
At Zopa we value flexible ways of working. We understand the benefits of face-to-face collaboration and the importance of a good work life balance. Our teams work in a hybrid manner from our open-plan, riverside London Bridge office and the comfort of their own homes at a frequency that suits the team and the work they do.
Not only that – you'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one. *Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice
Diversity Statement
Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.