Data Scientist - Credit and Risk

We’re building lending tools that don’t require collateral. Our first, Credit, lent dollars without asking for a credit history. From December 2024 to November 2026, 922,307 people borrowed from it 1.49 million times, most of them in the Philippines, Argentina, Colombia and Peru.

Now we’re building Casia, the next iteration of Credit, starting in Argentina. We raised a $6.6 million seed round from Paradigm and Nascent.

About the role

We’re looking for a data scientist to drive credit risk intelligence across Casia, our leading unsecured lending system. You'll own portfolio monitoring and reporting, research emerging risk trends, and transform borrower behavioral data into actionable guidance that shapes our credit strategy and roadmap.

While our engineering & research teams owns the underlying models, you'll be the person who makes sense of what they're telling us, tracking portfolio health, identifying issues early, and turning insights into clear recommendations for risk strategy and underwriting policy. Over time, this role may expand to drive broader product analytics across our suite of products.

This role is based in San Francisco, California. We work in a hybrid model, with the team in office 3 days per week.

Stack

• Python

• SQL

• Grafana/Prometheus/Metabase

• Blockchain data and indexing tools (Dune, Shovel)

Key responsibilities

• Monitor credit risk models, including underwriting, loss forecasting, and fraud detection, and iterate based on observed portfolio performance

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, monitoring infrastructure, and dashboards to track portfolio health, user behavior, and key risk indicators

• Partner with product, research, and engineering teams to define north star metrics and translate them into measurable, actionable credit and growth strategies

• Design and analyze A/B tests, quasi-experiments, and causal inference studies to evaluate the impact of product and policy changes

• Produce portfolio monitoring and investigative analyses, making recommendations based on findings

• Translate complex quantitative findings into clear, compelling narratives for product, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in decision science, credit risk analytics, or a closely related quantitative role within fintech or consumer lending

• Deep proficiency in Python and SQL; comfortable owning analyses end-to-end from raw data to recommendation

• Strong understanding of credit risk modeling concepts, including PD/LGD modeling, scorecard development, reject inference, vintage analysis, and risk segmentation

• Demonstrated experience monitoring credit risk metrics and portfolio performance, including loss forecasting and underwriting model improvement

• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, with a track record of translating analytical findings into accessible, actionable insights

• Experience designing and evaluating experiments (A/B tests, holdout groups, or causal inference frameworks) in a consumer product context

• Comfortable with ambiguity and biased toward action; thrives with minimal oversight and brings strong problem-solving skills and sharp attention to detail

Nice to have

• Experience building or maintaining large-scale data pipelines supporting B2C financial products

• Familiarity with credit bureau data, cash flow underwriting, or alternative data sources in credit model development

• Experience working in emerging markets, ideally on financial products serving everyday consumer needs (microfinance, BNPL, digital lending)

• Strong understanding of DeFi protocol mechanics (lending, yield vaults, ERC4626) and experience with onchain data tooling (Dune, Shovel, Ponder, Goldsky or similar)

• Exposure to regulatory frameworks relevant to consumer credit (FCRA, ECOA, or equivalent)

Divine Research is an equal opportunity employer.