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Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Financial Services

at Discover Financial Services

📍 Plano, TX Unknown 💰 $123K – $140K USD / year Posted April 03, 2026
Salary $123K – $140K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 2+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field; Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration
Category System Administration

Senior Data Scientist in financial services; build ML models and analytics solutions; partner with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver impactful products.

  • Partner with cross-functional team to deliver a product customers love
  • Leverage a broad stack to reveal insights
  • Build ML models through all phases
  • Translate complexity into business goals
  • Communicate insights to stakeholders

Stack includes Python, Conda, AWS (Amazon Web Services), H2O, Spark, SQL; ML lifecycle from design to deployment; cloud computing platforms.

The ideal candidate is a senior data scientist with 2+ years of data analytics and machine learning experience, proficient in Python and AWS, capable of delivering ML models at scale in financial services.

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experienceMaster's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentrationExperience with AWS
Master's Degree in STEMPhD in STEMExperience with AWS
PythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQL
PythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQLmachine learningdata analyticscross-functional collaborationcommunicationproblem solving
PythonCondaAmazon Web ServicesAWSH2OSparkSQL
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingpresentationadaptability
Industry Fintech
Job Function Data science and ML model development for financial services analytics
Role Subtype Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, Amazon Web Services, SQL / PostgreSQL
Visa Sponsorship Yes
data scientistsenior associateplanotxfinancial servicespythonawsamazon web servicessparkh2osqlmachine learningmodel developmentcross-functional teamproduct managerscloud computing platformsdata analyticsconfusion matrixroc curveData ScientistPythonAmazon Web ServicesAWSSparkSQLH2Oconcurrency and collaboration

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is required, 2+ years of data analytics experience, Must be eligible to work in Plano, TX without sponsorship

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