Mission Lane · 1 month ago
Senior Manager / Principal Data Scientist, Credit
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$183K/yr - $224K/yr
3+ years expMission Lane is a purpose-driven fintech company based in the U.S., focused on providing accessible credit solutions. The Senior Manager / Principal Data Scientist will innovate and improve machine learning models to help make efficient financial decisions for customers, collaborating with business leaders and technical experts.
FinanceCreditFinancial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models to solve practical problems and help our business and customers reach their financial goals
Partner with business leaders and technical experts across the company to develop new data sources, improve our modeling methodology, and apply models with sound risk management
Qualification
Required
Has created, deployed, and managed supervised learning models in production systems for vital applications and enjoys being a technical mentor
Has a PhD in a quantitative field and 3+ years of experience in a related role
Has a BS / MS in a quantitative field and 7+ 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
Preferred
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
Benefits
Participation in our annual incentive program
Equity are dependent on role
Unlimited paid time off
401(k) match
A monthly wellness stipend
Health/ dental/ vision insurance options
Disability coverage
Paid parental leave
Flexible spending account (for childcare and healthcare)
Life insurance
A remote-friendly work environment
Work: An engaging culture with access to training programs and advancement opportunities
Life: Full health, dental, and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Account (for medical and childcare expenses), paid parental leave, and a 401k Company Match
Balance: Generous PTO, flexible schedules, a Calm App subscription, and more
Company
Mission Lane
Mission Lane is a consumer finance company dedicated to helping everyone have access to fair and clear credit. It is a sub-organization of LendUp.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$675MKey Investors
Oaktree Capital ManagementGoldman Sachs,Oaktree Capital Management
2024-02-16Series Unknown
2022-06-15Series Unknown· $25M
2021-10-27Series Unknown· $150M
Leadership Team
Brandon Black
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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