Data Scientist

Fido is a cutting-edge financial technology company empowering millions across Africa to take control of their finances. As a Data Scientist, you will own the model development life cycle, apply cutting-edge ML/DL technologies to solve business problems, and work with diverse data types in the finance, risk management, recovery, and fraud domains.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a data scientist in tech companies
• M.Sc in a quantitative field (Computer Science Å Engineering Å Mathematics Å Statistics or similar) with focus on applied statistics, AI, machine learning, or related fields
• Strong analytical skills and experience analyzing complex data
• Team player with strong communication skills
• High proficiency in python
• Hands-on experience with machine learning & deep learning frameworks such as Sklearn and Pytorch or Tensorflow
• Knowledge in AWS serving and tools - advantage
• Vision and NLP experience - advantage
• Generative AI: Hands-on experience with the Modern LLM stack (e.g., RAG, LangChain, fine-tuning open-source models, and prompt engineering)