Job Description

Job Title: Data Scientist – Fraud Analytics, 12-Month Contract

Job Description: As a Data Scientist for Fraud Analytics on a 12-month contract in Kuwait, you will develop, validate, and deploy fraud detection models across digital banking and payment systems for a banking client, leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical techniques to strengthen fraud detection while minimising false positives.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, validate, and deploy fraud detection models across digital banking and payment systems
• Perform advanced data analysis to identify fraud patterns, emerging threats, and behavioural anomalies
• Optimise existing fraud detection strategies through model tuning and performance monitoring
• Conduct feature engineering and model performance evaluation using metrics such as precision, recall, AUC, and false positive rate
• Collaborate with fraud risk, rule writing, and technology teams to translate analytical insights into actionable controls
• Support model governance processes including documentation, validation, and regulatory compliance requirements
• Analyse large datasets to uncover trends and recommend improvements to fraud prevention strategies
• Assist with model implementation, UAT testing, and post-deployment performance monitoring

Qualifications Needed:

• Proven experience in fraud analytics and model development within banking, fintech, or financial services
• Strong knowledge of machine learning techniques (logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, neural networks)
• Hands-on experience with Python, R, or similar analytical programming languages
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large transactional datasets
• Understanding of fraud typologies including account takeover, card-not-present fraud, and mule accounts
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline; familiarity with fraud platforms such as FICO, Actimize, or Feedzai is desirable

What the Company Offers:

• 12-month fixed-term Data Scientist contract focused on high-impact fraud analytics for a banking client in Kuwait
• Competitive contract package
• Opportunity to work on advanced fraud detection modelling across digital banking and payment channels

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