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About the Role

BMI's team integrates cross-domain expertise and computer science to create systematic country risk analytics. Joining as a Data Scientist, you will support risk research and analysis, helping to shape the strategic decisions of the world's leading organizations. You will explore, analyze, and write about proprietary risk data for different use cases and aid in product development. You will design, build, and deploy quantitative models that power advanced analytics and insights for clients, working closely with various analysts and developers to deliver scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and test new approaches for extracting insights from structured and unstructured data for Corporates, Banks, Professional Services, and Asset Managers.
• Develop and maintain robust ML and data pipelines for experimentation and deployment.
• Design, build, and optimize risk models for analytics and generative AI applications using a proprietary NLP data generation process.
• Collaborate cross functionally with Economists, Industry Analysts, Political Scientists, and Developers.
• Explain ML/NLP model outputs and methodologies to non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Substantial experience querying, cleaning, compiling, and analyzing big data.
• Familiarity applying various computational social science methods including data mining, data visualization, natural language processing, text analysis, and basic time series forecasting and machine learning models.
• Familiarity with scenario analysis/stress-testing, simulation analysis, rare event modeling, and stochastic modeling preferred but not required.
• Substantial experience with Python, R, and relevant libraries (e.g., numpy, pandas, scikit, pytorch, tidyverse, caret, ggplot, etc.).
• Proven experience developing, refining, and monitoring NLP models.
• Familiarity with database management tools and techniques (e.g., SQL, Selenium, S3, Sagemaker, API protocols) is preferred but not required.
• Understanding model evaluation methods and metrics.
• Ability to operationalize non-technical ideas into relevant research designs, features, and model outputs.
• Familiarity with experiment tracking and model management tools (e.g., DVC, Weights & Biases).

Skills

• Data Mining
• Data Visualization
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Text Analysis
• Time Series Forecasting
• Machine Learning
• Python
• R
• numpy
• pandas
• scikit
• pytorch
• tidyverse
• caret
• ggplot
• SQL
• Selenium
• S3
• Sagemaker
• API protocols
• Interpretable AI

Location

• London
• Manchester

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Substantial experience querying, cleaning, compiling, and analyzing big data.
• Proven experience developing, refining, and monitoring NLP models.
• Demonstrated experience with interpretable AI techniques.

Education Level

• Advanced degree or certification in NLP, ML, or related fields.

Benefits

• Dedicated trainings
• Leadership development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Retirement planning
• Tuition reimbursement programs
• Comprehensive healthcare offerings
• Family-friendly policies
• Generous global parental leave plan
• Paid volunteer days
• Matched funding for donations
• Opportunities to volunteer in the community

About the Company

• BMI's systematic, independent, and data-driven market insights, analysis and forecasts enable customers to recognize and assess risks and opportunities across markets and industries.
• For almost 40 years, we have provided impartial views to support our customers’ strategic plans and investment decisions.
• BMI is proud of the work we do to help our clients manage risks and opportunities in global markets, which began in 1984 and continues to this day.
• By stepping into a role here, you will help shape the strategic decisions of the world’s leading organizations.
• As a member of our team, your role will go beyond conventional boundaries. You will collaborate with industry experts, thought leaders, and visionary executives, collectively working towards shaping the future of businesses that span a multitude of sectors.
• Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we continuously strive to offer our colleagues a great place to work, with opportunities to learn, innovate, develop their careers, and serve the community.
• Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent, and forward-looking credit opinions.
• To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Equal Opportunity

• Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.