Fatima Najjar

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Head of Data at Tidal Grid · Credit risk modelling · Python, XGBoost

Tidal Grid
Cairo, Egypt · EET (UTC+2)
9+ years experience
Tel Aviv University
English, Arabic, German
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Overview

I lead credit risk modelling at Tidal Grid in Cairo. Took the risk models through 4 regulatory model reviews. Before that: Standard Chartered and First Abu Dhabi Bank. Most at home with Python and model governance.

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Skills
XGBoostsurvival analysismodel governancePython
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Looking for an analytics engineer who has worked on survival analysis at scale

Role
Analytics engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$154k-$211k
Team
Risk, 7 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Production experience with model governance Production experience with survival analysis Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp AED 35k-55k a month. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. Head of Data
    May 2026 - Present
    Tidal Grid · 5 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Took the risk models through 5 regulatory model reviews.
    • Replaced 62 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Built the risk models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Analyst
    Nov 2023 - May 2026
    Standard Chartered · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 5% at flat losses.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  3. Senior Data Scientist
    Jul 2021 - Nov 2023
    First Abu Dhabi Bank · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Took the risk models through 4 regulatory model reviews.
  4. Data Scientist
    Oct 2018 - Jul 2021
    Qatar Airways · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Taught SQL to 168 non-analysts.
  5. Data Analyst
    May 2017 - Oct 2018
    Emirates Group · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Taught SQL to 154 non-analysts.

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Education

  1. Tel Aviv University
    BA, Mathematics
    2006 - 2010

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