Senior Data Scientist

October 26

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Oportun

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Financial Services • Responsible Lending • Pre-Paid Debit Cards • Serving the Underbanked • Data Analytics

1001 - 5000

Description

• Oportun is a fintech empowering members with the confidence to build a better financial future. • Develop data products and machine learning models used in Risk, Fraud, Collections, and portfolio management. • Build accurate and automated monitoring tools for model performance tracking. • Create a model deployment platform to expedite new model implementation. • Lead initiatives to drive business value with project planning and stakeholder management. • Collaborate with Compliance and Model Risk Management teams for governance activities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or Economics or other quantitative discipline (Bachelor’s degree with significant relevant experience will be considered). • Hands on experience leveraging machine learning techniques such as Gradient Boosting, Logistic Regression and Neural Network to solve real world problems • 3+ years of hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, analysis and building reusable data pipelines; Proficient in SQL, Spark SQL and/or Hive • 3+ years of experience in leveraging modern machine learning toolset and programming languages such as Python • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Strong stakeholder management and project management skills • Comfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced, agile environment • Experience working with AWS EMR, Sage-maker or other cloud-based platforms is a plus • Experience with HDFS, Hive, Shell script and other big data tools is a plus