Position Details

Salary $161K – $184K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 3-5 years

Education Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (or higher)

Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

Principal Data Scientist at Discover Financial Services leads ML model development for Mainstreet Customer Management, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven customer solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver ML products
Build ML models from design to deployment
Leverage Python/Conda/AWS/H2O/Spark to analyze large data
Translate complex work into tangible business goals
Ensure model governance and monitoring

Technical Overview

Stack includes Python, Conda, AWS/Amazon Web Services, H2O, Spark to process large numeric and textual data; full lifecycle model development from design to deployment and governance.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data scientist with 3+ years of data analytics experience, strong Python/ML capabilities, and hands-on experience with AWS and Spark to build models at scale for large customer datasets. They should be able to translate business problems into data-driven solutions and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field OR Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration OR PhD in a quantitative field3+ years of data analytics experience3+ years' experience with PythonScalaor R3+ years' experience with SQL3+ years' experience with machine learning

Nice-to-Have Skills

Master's Degree in STEM field or PhD in STEMAWS experiencePython/Scala/R experience (3+ years)PhD in STEM fieldSTEM field background

Tools & Platforms

PythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQL

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field3+ years data analytics3+ years Python/Scala/R3+ years SQL3+ years ML

Hard Skills

PythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQLMachine LearningTime SeriesDeep LearningClusteringClassificationSentiment Analysis

Soft Skills

Customer focusCreative thinkingInterpersonal skillsStrong communicationCollaborationProblem solvingBusiness acumenDetail oriented

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech

Job Function Deliver data science products to empower customer management decisions through ML/AI

Role Subtype ML Engineer

Tech Domains Python, Amazon Web Services, SQL / PostgreSQL

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship Yes

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Lack of required degree in quantitative field, Less than 3 years of data analytics or ML experience, No experience with Python/SQL/ML

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