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Hessa AlQahtani

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Staff Data Scientist at Quartz Bio · Credit risk modelling

Works at
Quartz Bio
Location
Cairo, Egypt · EET (UTC+2)
Experience
10+ years experience
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Languages
English, Arabic

Overview

I've spent 10 years on credit risk modelling - first at McKinsey & Company, now at Quartz Bio. Taught SQL to 70 non-analysts. Before that: Check Point Software and Mashreq. Most at home with credit scoring and SQL. Weekend cricket, weekday chai.

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  • Roles in credit risk modelling
  • Questions about credit risk modelling
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
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Skills
XGBoostPythonSQLcredit scoringmodel governance
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Lead Data Scientist roles in edtech - Cairo or remote

Target roles
Lead Data Scientist
Level
Senior
Industries
B2B SaaS, E-commerce
Work mode
On-site
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Egypt
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead credit risk modelling work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Pure people management

10 years in credit risk modelling. Strongest at XGBoost and model governance. Can start in about six weeks.

Cairo, Egyptpythonmodel governancexgboost

Experience

  1. Staff Data Scientist
    Jul 2023 - Present
    Quartz Bio · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Replaced 102 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Built the risk models now used in 10 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Analyst
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
    Check Point Software · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Took the risk models through 4 regulatory model reviews.
  3. Data Scientist
    Nov 2019 - Jan 2022
    Mashreq · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  4. Data Analyst
    Oct 2016 - Nov 2019
    McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 7% at flat losses.
    • Replaced 44 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

Projects

Side project: a commute planner
2025

Built with credit scoring and Python. 1286 people used it last year.

Open-source SQL toolkit
2022

A small library for credit risk modelling that 251 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    BSc, Physics
    2012 - 2016

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