Senior Decision Engineer

Were Capital on Tap
Capital on Tap started because small businesses were underserved. Big banks were slow their products werent fit for purpose and small business owners often couldnt access what they needed. We set out to fix that.

Today were a financial platform - not just a credit card company. We offer a best-in-class business credit card SME-focused spend management platform a savings product that hit 1 billion in funds within its first year and a growing suite of tools and financial products that make running a small business easier.

1000 employees 20bn in annual card spend 200000 customers 17000 Trustpilot reviews averaging 4.7 stars and were profitable. Weve done a pretty good job so far but were just getting started!

The role

As a Senior Decision Engineer youll be a key member of our IT departments decisioning team. We own and manage the decisioning platform (GDS) where we implement customer flows policy rules and scorecards. You will play a crucial role in ensuring we make accurate decisions for all new applications by working closely with various teams across the company.

You should be a highly analytical and detail-oriented individual with the ability to understand and align your work with the broader business strategy. You will be expected to quickly learn new technologies and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

This position is an excellent opportunity to take on significant responsibility lead key projects and directly impact the success of our underwriting processes within the fast-paced financial services industry.

What youll be doing

• Lead the full development lifecycle from design to implementation of our decisioning platforms.
• Architect and maintain underwriting rules ensuring they are robust scalable and aligned with business objectives regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Design and implement advanced monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the integrity and performance of automated decisioning.
• Collaborate proactively with Data Science Credit and Business Operations teams to define requirements and implement complex updates to decisioning logic.
• Serve as a subject matter expert working with wider IT and Engineering teams to shape data architecture and ensure the availability of reliable data for underwriting.
• Conduct in-depth analysis to identify troubleshoot and resolve decisioning anomalies and underlying issues.
• Drive the continuous optimisation of our underwriting and decisioning processes through data-driven insights and strategic initiatives.

Were Looking For

• 4 years of experience working with decision engines within the financial services or FinTech industry (examples include GDS Link Experian Powercurve and Provenir).
• Strong proficiency in data manipulation and a solid working knowledge of Python is essential. You should also have experience with SQL and a desire to learn other relevant languages like LUA.
• Proven ability to independently solve complex problems and deliver effective end-to-end solutions.
• A proactive and curious mindset with a track record of identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Diversity & Inclusion
We welcome consider and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives and everyone can do their best work.

Great Work Deserves Great Perks
We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table arcade machine beer tap and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits:
Private Healthcare including dental and opticians services through Vitality
Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality
Anniversary Rewards (-week fully paid sabbatical)
Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match
Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget
Enhanced Parental Leave
Cycle to Work Scheme
Season Ticket Loan
6 free therapy sessions per year
Dog Friendly Offices
Free drinks and snacks in our offices

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