Lead Data Scientist - Treasury Markets Quant

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 90,500 - 127,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Product mindset","Cross-functional communication","Reliability thinking","Incident response","Root cause analysis"]

Own and operate the production quantitative infrastructure powering Wise’s FX pricing, risk, and trading systems. You’ll build and run Python-first microservices for real-time curve construction, multi-instrument pricing, risk analytics, monitoring/alerts, and incident response. Collaborate with quants, traders, analysts, and product teams to scale the quant platform and expand into domain work like model validation, trading strategy optimization, and risk modeling (VaR, stress testing, scenarios).

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Lead Data Scientist - Treasury Markets Quant

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Job Summary

Own and operate the production quantitative infrastructure powering Wise’s FX pricing, risk, and trading systems. You’ll build and run Python-first microservices for real-time curve construction, multi-instrument pricing, risk analytics, monitoring/alerts, and incident response. Collaborate with quants, traders, analysts, and product teams to scale the quant platform and expand into domain work like model validation, trading strategy optimization, and risk modeling (VaR, stress testing, scenarios).
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the quantitative infrastructure powering how Wise manages FX risk in production.
  • •Develop and maintain Python microservices that run quantitative models.
  • •Implement monitoring, alerting, reliability practices for real-time pricing and risk systems.
  • •Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and operational excellence for deployments.
  • •Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 90,500 - 127,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years building and maintaining production Python systems.
  • •Strong experience with microservices, databases, and production infrastructure.
  • •Experience with streaming systems, real-time data pipelines, or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Redis).
  • •Quantitative background to read models and reason about correctness.
  • •Experience with testing, monitoring, and debugging complex systems under load.
Experience:4+ yearsFinancial servicesFXTreasuryReal-time systemsTradingProduction Python
Skills:Product mindsetCross-functional communicationReliability thinkingIncident responseRoot cause analysis
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonMicroservicesDatabasesKafkaFlinkRedisCI/CDSnowflakeIcebergSparkEvent-driven architecture

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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