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Senior Associate, Data Science

at Discover Financial Services

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $135K – $154K USD / year Posted March 29, 2026
Salary $135K – $154K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 2+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 2 years of experience OR a Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with a quantitative concentration
Category Data & Analytics

Senior Associate, Data Science focuses on loss forecasting modernization and data transformation, building models and governance, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven insights and ML solutions.

  • Partner with cross-functional team to identify model risks
  • Leverage a broad tech stack to reveal insights
  • Build statistical/ML models to challenge production models
  • Contribute to model governance
  • Present to executives

Stack includes Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, SQL; develops statistical and machine learning models, performs data transformations, and participates in model governance within a cloud-enabled environment.

The ideal candidate is a data scientist with 2+ years of analytics experience, strong Python/SQL/AWS skills, and hands-on machine learning know-how, who can govern models and communicate insights to product managers and leadership.

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field + 2 years data analytics OR Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with a quantitative concentration2+ years experience with PythonScalaor R2+ years experience with machine learning2+ years experience with SQLExperience with AWS
Master's Degree in STEM field or PhD in STEM fieldExperience working with AWS
PythonAWS (Amazon Web Services)SparkCondaRScalaSQL / PostgreSQL
Bachelor's in quantitative field or Master's/MBA with quantitative concentration; 2+ years data analytics; 2+ years Python/Scala/R; 2+ years ML; 2+ years SQL; AWS experience
PythonCondaAWSSparkSQLRScalamachine learningdata analyticsData Scienceopen-source languagescloud computing platformsmodel governance
innovativecreativetechnicalinterpersonal skillspresentation to executivesteam collaborationcommunicationproblem solving
Industry Financial Services
Job Function Develop data science solutions and governance to support risk analysis and loss forecasting.
Role Subtype Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services
Clearance Required Not Specified
Visa Sponsorship Yes
data sciencedata scientistpythonscalarawssparkcondamachine learningmodel governancedata analyticscloud computing platformsSQLstatisticsopen-source languagesdata transformationcross-functional teamworksenior associatembasql

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field OR Master's/MBA with quantitative concentration, 2+ years experience with Python, Scala, or R, 2+ years experience with machine learning, 2+ years experience with SQL, Experience with AWS

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