Data Scientist

Nu; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 400,000 - 600,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading digital banking platform in Mexico is seeking an enthusiastic Data Scientist to join the Credit Strategy team. The role focuses on developing machine learning solutions for business challenges and integrating external data sources for improved models. Candidates should possess strong Python/Scala coding skills and experience with machine learning tools. The position offers benefits such as equity opportunities, extended maternity and paternity leaves, health and life insurance, and a wellness program.

Servicios

Chance of earning equity at Nubank

Extended maternity and paternity leaves

Health and life insurance

NuCare - Mental health assistance program

Nucleo - Learning platform

Formación

• Strong coding skills in Python/Scala or equivalent languages.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with business and engineering.
• Good understanding of model development and deployment pipeline.

Responsabilidades

• Translate business challenges into machine learning solutions.
• Integrate external data sources to enhance models.
• Ensure high level of technical excellence in the team.

Conocimientos

Strong coding skills in Python/Scala

Effective communication with business and engineering

Good understanding of model development

Experience with machine learning tools

Data handling skills with Spark Dataframes or SQL

Herramientas

Scikit-learn

Mllib

Descripción del empleo

Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services. We are one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, serving millions of customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven Data Scientist to join our Credit Strategy team. This role focuses on applying innovative machine learning methodologies to our risk model and developing causal machine learning approaches for the initial line assignment workflow.

You will be responsible for

• Translate business challenges into specific and well-designed machine learning solutions that meet business requirements;
• Integrate and leverage external data sources to feed our models;
• Ensure the team maintains a high level of technical excellence;
• Contribute to a technical culture in the local team.
• Bring expertise to the team to help design projects across the many areas involved in building machine learning products (training, deployment, data consistency, monitoring, governance, etc.)

We are looking for a person who has

• Strong coding skills Python/Scala or equivalent languages;
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with business and engineering;
• Good understanding of model development and deployment pipeline;
• Experience with machine learning tools and libraries such as Scikit-learn, Mllib and etc;
• Nice data handling skills, Spark Dataframes, or SQL proficiency is a plus;

Local Benefits

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves
• Health and life insurance
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses

Diversity & Inclusion

At Nu, we want to be sure that we're building a more diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the customers we serve and seek to empower. That's why we hire based on equality. We consider gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other identity markers as enriching elements to our company while ensuring neither of them represent a barrier when recruiting fantastic talent.