Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Direct message the job poster from Kaizen Global Technologies IT Recruitment | CICSA | Azure Certified (AZ 900) |Cert IV in Cyber Security About the Role: We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist with strong Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) skills to join our growing analytics team in the banking and financial services sector. You’ll help design and deploy models that improve fraud detection, customer insights, and process automation across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with solid technical expertise who’s excited about working on real-world problems in financial services — with the backing of a collaborative and forward-thinking team. Key Responsibilities: Develop and deploy ML and NLP models to solve problems in credit risk, fraud, customer segmentation, and operational efficiency. Work with both structured and unstructured banking data, including transaction data, support logs, and documents. Design experiments (A/B testing), monitor model performance, and implement continuous improvement pipelines. Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Compliance, Risk, and Engineering to understand business needs and deliver high-impact solutions. Apply NLP techniques for tasks like sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, topic modeling, and document classification. Ensure models comply with internal governance and external regulatory standards. About You – Must-Haves: 5 years of hands-on experience in data science roles, with a strong focus on Machine Learning and NLP. Minimum 2 years of experience in the banking, fintech, or financial services domain. Proficiency in Python, SQL, and common ML/NLP libraries (e.g., Scikit-learn, SpaCy, Transformers, NLTK). Comfortable working with real-world production data and deploying models to live systems. Strong communication skills — able to present findings clearly to technical and non-technical teams. Bonus Points (Nice to Have): Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerization (Docker, Airflow). Exposure to regulatory-focused data projects (e.g., AML, KYC, Basel frameworks). Familiarity with tools like Databricks, Snowflake, or Power BI/Tableau. Understanding of CI/CD workflows for ML models. Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Kaizen Global Technologies by 2x Get notified about new Data Scientist jobs in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia A$700.00-A$950.00 9 hours ago Senior Analyst - Strategic Initiatives, Data Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 hours ago Senior Policy Analyst – Data, Security & Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 days ago Lead Senior Analyst, Investment Data Management Senior Technical Business Analyst - Data Focus Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 weeks ago Senior Technical Analyst - Market Data Systems Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 days ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 days ago Senior Business Analyst – Consumer Data Right CDR Implementation Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NZ$135,000.00-NZ$165,000.00 4 weeks ago North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 day ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 hours ago Downstream Data Scientist (Relocation to Saudi Arabia) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Greater Sydney Area A$150,000.00-A$170,000.00 2 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 weeks ago Senior Data Scientist - QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 days ago Senior Data Scientist, Credit Risk/Fraud Risk Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 days ago Senior Data Scientist - Gen AI & Agentic AI Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 hours ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 day ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 5 days ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Data Scientist Intern (AI/LLM Application) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 day ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 hours ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. J-18808-Ljbffr
