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Lead and shape data strategy for a large domain, define and drive high‑impact Data Science projects, build measurement frameworks, and steward critical data products end‑to‑end while staying hands‑on with analysis, experiments and modeling.
Proven track record of leading complex, business‑critical Data Science work from ambiguous problem framing to measurable outcomes, strong technical expertise, commercial judgement, and ability to partner with senior leaders across product, engineering, ML, design, risk and operations.
Monzo relies on data‑driven decisions to build a fair, transparent bank; this role ensures the right questions are asked, experiments are measured, and insights are turned into faster, better decisions that shape the bank’s growth and customer experience.
Senior individual contributors who enjoy both strategic ownership and hands‑on technical work, excel at coaching others, and thrive in fast‑moving fintech environments where they can influence product and business outcomes.
🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.
We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.
After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.
With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!
We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️
We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist excited to help build the bank of the future. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial judgement and can apply both to Monzo’s most important and complex challenges.
At Monzo, we’re building a bank that is fair, transparent and a delight to use. We’re growing extremely fast and have over 11 million customers in the UK. We’ve built a product that people love and more than 80% of our growth comes from word of mouth and referrals.
Enable Monzo to Make Better Decisions, Faster
We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. And we’re great believers in powerful, real-time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker, which gives data scientists the headspace to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.
As a Staff Data Scientist, you’ll lead efforts on strategically important, business-critical problems. You’ll apply judgement in areas of organisational or technical complexity, steward initiatives end-to-end, and focus your hands-on contribution where it can create the greatest impact. You’ll be a trusted technical partner to senior leaders, raise the bar for Data Science across Monzo, and build capability in others through coaching, reusable approaches and clear standards.
We are excited to be expanding and are hiring across our Data Science teams. Whether your interests lie in Borrowing, Growth, Payments, Fincrime, Wealth or Core, we are looking for versatile people who can contribute across squads and collectives. While we allocate teams after the interview process, we aim to match your skills and aspirations with the most suitable role. Throughout the process, you will meet team members from across our Data Science collectives, who will guide you through the opportunities available. Join us and be part of shaping our future!
Our interview process involves:
Our average process takes around 2–3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process.
We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.
For more insight into the hiring experience at Monzo, check out our blog post written by one of our Recruiters - Data Hiring at Monzo.
💰 £124,400 - £165,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits
✈️ We can help you relocate to the UK or Spain
✅ We can sponsor visas
📍 This role can be based in our London or Barcelona offices, but we’re also open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).
⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
📚 Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences
➕ And much more - see our full list of benefits.
If you prefer to work part-time, we’ll make this happen whenever we can — whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance.
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Equal opportunities for everyone
Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
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