Junior Applied Scientist (all genders)

Zalando GmbH; Berlin; Hybride; EUR 52 000 - 76 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

27 days holiday

Fashion discount

Company pension

Employee shares

Wellbeing programs

Mental health support

Training platform

Volunteer days

Relocation assistance

Résumé du poste

Zalando GmbH in Berlin is seeking a Junior Applied Scientist to help advance risk models for payments, focusing on fraud and insolvency signals.

You will work across data types and the ML lifecycle from experiments to production, with a production mindset and collaboration with operations and internal tool teams.

Join a diverse team committed to innovation and measurable business impact in a fast-paced European tech platform.

Qualifications

• Interest in ML space balancing fraud blocking with good user experience.
• Diverse data sets including networks, NLP, and customer history.
• Drive innovation by researching and developing transformer tech.
• Make a measurable financial impact on Zalando's business.
• Customer-centric approach and identify improvements.
• Interested in researching new ML methods to improve performance.
• Collaborate with operations and internal tool developers.
• Investigate why patterns appear in datasets.
• Plan experiments and production deployments to create value.

Responsabilités

• Balance blocking bad customers with good user experience.
• Work with diverse data sets: networks, NLP, customer history.
• Develop and deploy transformer-based models to create impact.
• Contribute to measurable financial impact for Zalando.
• Collaborate with operations and internal tool teams.
• Research new ML methods to improve model performance.
• Investigate why patterns appear in datasets.
• Plan experiments and push findings into production.
• Ensure models run in real-time systems.

Connaissances

Data analysis

Model deployment

Transformer models

Fraud risk domain

Cross-functional

Research mindset

Description du poste

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando Payments is looking for a Junior Applied Scientist to help us further develop our risk models, and their underlying embeddings models. In this role, you will participate in the full ML lifecycle: data deep dives to gain insight and ask better questions about experimentation, model creation and training, deployment, and monitoring. While there is a strong research component required in this role, we are searching for someone with a production mindset. We need someone who thinks through how to put new findings into our real-time systems. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who really loves data, as fraud and insolvency patterns are diverse and constantly shifting, we need someone who seeks to understand and utilize those patterns for good.

This position is located in the Risk Management department which is responsible for managing credit and fraud risk for Zalando’s payments.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Opportunity to work in an interesting ML space, balancing the importance of blocking bad customers without hindering the experience for the good ones
• Diverse and interesting data sets (networks, natural language, customer history)
• Drive innovation and improve models through research, design and development of new transformer technology to create measurable business impact
• Make a substantial financial impact on Zalando’s business
• You consistently demonstrate a customer centric approach and start to flag continuous improvements initiatives within your area
• You enjoy researching new ML methods that could improve model performance
• You are interested in collaborating with different functional areas (operations, internal tool developers) to drive business outcomes
• You think finding the “why” in datasets is the most interesting part of your job
• You think about how to tackle experiments but also how to put those findings into production and generate value

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers
• Company pension scheme
• Employee shares programme
• Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub
• Mental health support and coaching
• Development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement)

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.

We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you.