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From the employer's careers site First seen 31 Oct 2026

Lead Data Scientist - AML

Wise London senior full-time

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Description

Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. You will be part of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risk team, developing systems to detect and mitigate Financial Crime globally.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop efficient and effective AML detection controls using machine learning and GenAI
  • Create frameworks to prove controls coverage at a regional level
  • Develop technologies to serve Wise’s diverse international user base
  • Work in cross-functional teams to own and solve AML-related problems
  • Mentor junior team members on technical and non-technical skills
  • Evaluate AML systems against internal and external benchmarks
  • Develop decisioning layers to find optimal trade-offs between precision and recall
  • Provide data-driven insights on potential outcomes under various scenarios
  • Collaborate with operational teams to refine processes and ensure effective feedback integration
  • Design and manage projects that utilise excess operational capacity
  • Create systems providing in-depth insight to investigators on red flags and typologies
  • Package algorithms into deployable libraries and transition them to production environments
  • Implement and maintain scheduled processes for data gathering and model retraining
  • Maintain production-grade Python services

Qualifications:

  • Experience implementing, training, testing, and evaluating machine learning systems
  • Strong Python knowledge
  • Experience with statistical analysis and experiment design
  • Strong product mindset with ability to work independently in a cross-functional environment
  • Good communication skills and ability to articulate complex ideas to non-technical individuals
  • Strong problem-solving skills with ability to refine problem statements and solve them

Additional Information: Wise is a diverse and inclusive company that values different backgrounds and perspectives.

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