Senior Data Scientist

Kredivo Group; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 600,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kredivo Group is seeking a Data Scientist to own end-to-end ML projects, collaborating with Analysts and ML Engineers across countries. You will prototype models from credit risk to growth, research enhancements, and help elevate Kredivo's Data Science capabilities with large datasets and robust methods.

More than 5 years of experience preferred, with strong Python or R skills and a track record in quantitative modeling.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative field.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Turn discoveries and ideas into machine learning models.
• Prototype diverse machine learning models, from credit risk to growth related models.
• Research and development to improve models using large, unique data assets.
• Actively contribute to advancing Data Science at Kredivo.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

NoSQL

English communication

Education

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

S3

Job description

As a Data Scientist you’ll be part of a team that is working on cutting edge machine learning models. You will work side by side with Analysts and Machine Learning Engineers and take full ownership of your work – from the initial idea-generation phase to the implementation of the final product. Our ideal candidate is result-focused, innovative, has a solid quantitative background and a good business understanding.

About the role:

• Working in a multi-disciplined team across different countries. Take full ownership of turning discoveries and ideas into machine learning models.
• Prototyping diverse machine learning models, from credit risk to growth related models.
• Researching & Development on how to improve our models, by using our vast amount and unique set of data.
• Actively contribute to taking Data Science at Kredivo to the next level.

About you:

• Minimum >5 years of relevant work experience.
• Masters, PhD or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (i.e). Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence).
• Capable of building robust end-to-end predictive models using the latest Machine Learning techniques and methodologies.
• Proficiency in Python or R.
• Exposure to RDBMS (i.e. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and No-SQL platforms (i.e. S3).
• Excellent English communication skills.

Bonus points (optional) for:

• Experience with alternate data to evaluate credit risk.
• Experience in building end-to-end Deep Learning and/or NLP models.

• NON NEGOTIABLE - Deep risk domain expertise, building credit risk modelling (3-4yrs)
• Independent and good communication skills
• Strong in statistics and math
• Good to have: Experience working in finance institute