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Oportun · 5 days ago

Senior Data Scientist

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop data products and machine learning models for Risk, Fraud, Collections, and portfolio management.

Build monitoring tools to track model performance.

Create a model deployment platform to streamline the implementation of new models.

Establish reusable pipelines from data acquisition to model output delivery.

Lead projects from inception to completion, collaborating with various teams.

Engage with Compliance, Bank Partners, and Model Risk Management for Model Governance Activities.

Qualification

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Machine LearningGradient BoostingLogistic RegressionNeural NetworkData ExtractionData CleaningData AnalysisData PipelinesSQLSpark SQLHivePythonModern Machine Learning ToolsetWrittenOral communication skillsStakeholder managementProject ManagementComfortable in a high-growthFast-pacedAgile environmentAWS EMRSage-makerHDFSShell scriptBig data tools

Required

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

Preferred

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

Company

Oportun

Glassdoor

3.3

Oportun is a digital banking platform that offers personal loans and financial services to people with limited credit history.

Founded in 2005

San Carlos, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://oportun.com

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