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Empower · 6 hours ago

Staff Data Scientist - Mexico

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Build new underwriting models from scratch for Empower’s Mexico businesses owning each part of the model deployment process

Collaborate closely with Credit and Finance stakeholders to ensure the work drives meaningful business outcomes

Build out frameworks, infrastructure, and controls to build, retrain, and deploy models with speed and high quality

Work with Empower’s leadership team to build out strategy and growth plans while managing financial outcomes

Partner with Mexico leaders in product, engineering, marketing, and finance to ensure that our data science solutions fit within the larger picture

Hire talented team to staff new projects as the business grows

Qualification

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Machine LearningStatistical AnalysisPredictive ModelingPythonSQLScikit-learnLightGBMXGBoostSparkMLFinancial ServicesCredit Problem Solving

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Computer Science, or Mathematics

6+ years of industry experience in machine learning, statistical analysis, and/or predictive modeling with deep understanding of statistics and machine learning techniques, including regression, classification, clustering and optimization

Strong skills Python and SQL; demonstrable experience with ML packages: scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, SparkML, etc.

2+ years working in financial services

Experience solving credit problems in Latin American markets

Eagerness to learn new tools and analytical methods, staying up to date with innovative trends and methodologies in the industry

Exceptionally strong problem solving and communication with the ability to both get in the weeds and communicate to an executive audience

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous equity package

Full healthcare benefits

Technology expense reimbursement

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Company

Empower

Empower is helping people access credit affordably, improve their credit health, and rewrite their financial story.

Founded in 2016

San Francisco, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.empower.me

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