Data Science Manager

Gen; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 325,000 - 489,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent fintech company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a high-performing team. You will drive machine learning initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data-driven products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning systems and experience in managing data science teams. This position offers the opportunity to innovate in a fast-paced environment while creating impactful financial solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading data science teams with a focus on success metrics.
• Experience in building and validating machine learning systems in production.
• Practical experience with deep learning, computer vision, and NLP projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complete machine learning lifecycle from development to deployment.
• Craft roadmap for machine learning projects with defined success metrics.
• Ensure delivery of machine learning systems with exceptional quality.

Skills

Leadership in data science teams

Machine learning system development

Deep learning

Computer vision

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Python programming

SQL proficiency

Understanding of data structures

Probability and statistics

Tools

scikit-learn

XGBoost

LightGBM

TensorFlow

Keras

Job description

About Us

MoneyLion is a leader in financial technology powering the next generation of personalized products and content, with a top consumer finance super app, a premier embedded finance platform for enterprise businesses and a world-class media arm. MoneyLion’s mission is to give everyone the power to make their best financial decisions. We pride ourselves on serving the many, not the few; providing confidence through guidance, choice, personalization; and shortening the distance to an informed action.

In our go-to money app for consumers, we deliver curated content on finance and related topics, through a tailored feed that engages people to learn and share. People take control of their finances with our innovative financial products and marketplace - including our full-fledged suite of features to save, borrow, spend, and invest - seamlessly bringing together the best offers and content from MoneyLion and our 1,100+ Enterprise Partner network, together in one experience. MoneyLion’s enterprise technology provides the definitive search engine and marketplace for financial products, enabling any company to add embedded finance to their business, with advanced AI-backed data and tools through our platform and API. Established in 2013, MoneyLion connects millions of people with the financial products and content they need, when and where they need it.

About the Role

The Kuala Lumpur office is the technology powerhouse of MoneyLion. We pride ourselves on innovative initiatives and thrive in a fast paced and challenging environment. Join our multicultural team of visionaries and industry rebels in disrupting the traditional finance industry!

As a Data Science Manager in the Machine Learning Department, you will have the opportunity to lead a high-performing team responsible for developing the next generation of Moneylion’s machine learning algorithms behind MoneyLion’s data-driven products. You will lead research initiatives and experiment with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to solve challenging business problems ranging from fraud and credit underwriting to financial recommendations and content categorization. This involves driving technological innovation across a large variety of domains while consistently delivering measurable business value and demonstrating accelerated team performance. You will extend your influence across Product, AI Engineers, MLOps, and Data Scientists to pioneer additional opportunities for applications of machine learning solutions. You will establish and enforce model governance standards across AI projects, provide confidence in the integrity of the models deployed, and push the frontier of machine learning in finance at MoneyLion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction and execution of the complete machine learning lifecycle, from research and development to validation, deployment, and post-production
• Envision and craft roadmap for machine learning projects towards well-defined success metrics
• Ensure the delivery of machine learning systems according to roadmap and with exceptional quality
• Provide thought leadership in ideating and innovating on cutting-edge techniques from literature to improve the performance of existing solutions
• Collaborate across company leadership and partner with stakeholders to drive adoption of machine learning models, identify and remove roadblocks while minimizing risk to the business and the team
• Define and drive best practices and model development policies to ensure the feasibility, generalizability, and stability of models while ensuring verbose documentation and diagrams are maintained
• Establish and define frameworks for ensuring robust development of machine learning codebase to enable maintainable and continuous improvements with measurable business impact

About You

• Demonstrated experience in leading data science teams with strong focus on success metrics
• Experience owning, building, and validating machine learning systems in production
• Practical experience with deep learning, computer vision, and NLP projects
• Proficient with machine learning libraries and frameworks such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, TensorFlow, Keras
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python and SQL
• Strong understanding of data structures, data modeling and software architecture
• Deep knowledge of probability, statistics, distributions, and analysis methods
• Have strong product/business orientation

What’s Next…

• Online Technical Test
• Interview – Talent Acquisition Team (Virtual or face-to-face)
• Take‑Home Assessment
• Interview & Discussion of Take‑Home Assessment – Hiring Manager (Virtual or face‑to‑face)

What We Value

We value growth‑minded and collaborative people with high learning agility who embody our core values of teamwork, customer‑first and innovation. Every member of the MoneyLion Team is passionate about fintech and ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission.

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