Position Details

Salary $161K – $184K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 6+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related quantitative field; or Master's/PhD in STEM or MBA with quantitative concentration

Category System Administration

About this role

Lead data science role focusing on Mainstreet Acquisitions; build and deploy ML models for credit decisioning and personalization in a major financial services company.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver ML solutions
Leverage Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark to analyze data
Build ML models through all phases
Translate complexity into business goals
Drive data-driven decision making

Technical Overview

Stack includes Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark; data analytics, ML lifecycle, and productionized models across underwriting decisions.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a lead data scientist with 6+ years in data analytics and ML for financial services, proficient in Python and AWS, capable of leading credit-risk analytics initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

Requires a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in StatisticsEconomicsOperations ResearchAnalyticsMathematicsComputer ScienceEngineering or a related quantitative field and 6 years of experience in performing data analytics.In lieu of a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree ... master's or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields or an MBA or foreign equivalent degree in a quantitative concentration and 4 years of experience ... or a PhD

Nice-to-Have Skills

5+ years of experience in data analytics3+ years of experience in machine learning3+ years of experience with SQL3+ years of experience in credit risk3+ years of experience in financial services

Tools & Platforms

PythonCondaAWSH2OSpark

Required Skills

PythonCondaAWSH2OSparkSQLmachine learningcredit riskdata analyticsleadership

Hard Skills

PythonCondaAWSH2OSpark

Soft Skills

leadershipteam collaborationcommunicationproblem-solving

Industry & Role

Industry Banking

Job Function Lead data science initiatives for Mainstreet Acquisitions with ML-driven credit decisioning

Role Subtype Data Scientist

Tech Domains Python, Amazon Web Services, SQL / PostgreSQL

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

data scientistdata sciencepythoncondaamazon web servicesawsh2osparksqlmachine learningcredit riskfinancial servicesmodel developmentunderwritingbusiness analyticsdata analyticsteam leadershipplanovaPythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQL / PostgreSQL

Deal Breakers

6+ years of data analytics experience, Proven leadership experience, Must be able to work in Plano, TX

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Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Mainstreet Acquisitions

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