Senior Data Scientist, Credit
$120,000–$135,000 year
Remote
Job Summary
Design and deploy supervised learning models in production systems to solve practical problems and enable financial progress for customers. Partner with business leaders and technical experts to develop new data sources, improve modeling methodology, and apply models with sound risk management. Collaborate on designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models using the PyData stack and established tools like Spark and Kubernetes. Operate as a generalist data scientist focused on practical solutions, applying software engineering best practices including test-driven development and code review to operationalize and evaluate models for real-world applications.
Required Qualifications
- Has collaborated on creating, deploying, and managing supervised learning models in production systems for vital applications
- Has a PhD in a quantitative field and 1+ years of experience in a related role
- Has a BS / MS in a quantitative field and 3+ years of experience in a related role
- You share best practices for software engineering and can help smart, experienced data scientists with complex technical problems - especially operationalizing and evaluating models for real-world applications
- Considers themself a generalist data scientist more motivated by practical solutions than theoretical elegance
- Practices solid fundamentals with software engineering (test-driven development, code review, refactoring) and the PyData stack (numpy, scikit-learn, pandas, etc.)
- Is interested in a wide range of ML solutions, including established tools (e.g. Spark, Kubernetes, Airflow, MLFlow), emerging tools (like Chalk, BentoML, or DVC), and developing in-house tools
Desired Qualifications
- Experience managing a strong technical team
- Experience building predictive models end to end
- Experience solving problems in consumer lending or fintech
- Interest in developing ways to train, interpret, and deploy neural network architectures for time series classification tasks
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