Data Scientist I

Pathward; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance-based incentive

Health insurance

401(k)

Life and disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward is a financial empowerment company focused on increasing financial access, choice and opportunity for all. The role involves analyzing large datasets to derive business insights and supporting the lifecycle of predictive models within a regulated banking/fintech context.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, perform data quality analysis, and help build automated monitoring and reporting processes while communicating findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• Up to 2+ years of relevant professional, internship, research or project experience.
• Hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience with data profiling, reconciliation and root-cause analysis.
• Strong written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large and complex datasets to generate actionable business insights.
• Support development, testing, implementation and monitoring of predictive models.
• Support partner model and program onboarding, oversight and monitoring.
• Perform data quality analysis with business context and root-cause identification.
• Develop and maintain monitoring processes for models, portfolios and critical data.
• Create technical documentation covering data, methodologies, testing and limitations.
• Develop reusable, automated processes for monitoring, reporting and validation.
• Communicate analytical findings and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data profiling

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Power BI

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Analyze large and complex datasets to generate actionable business insights
• Support development, testing, implementation and monitoring of predictive models
• Support partner model and program onboarding, oversight and monitoring
• Perform data quality analysis with business context and root-cause identification
• Develop and maintain monitoring processes for models, portfolios and critical data
• Create technical documentation covering data, methodologies, testing and limitations
• Develop reusable, automated processes for monitoring, reporting and validation
• Communicate analytical findings and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field
• Up to 2+ years of relevant professional, internship, research or project experience
• Hands‑on experience with Python and SQL
• Experience with data profiling, reconciliation and root‑cause analysis
• Strong written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake and AWS
• Experience in banking, fintech, payments or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with predictive modeling metrics such as AUC and KS
• Experience with Power BI or similar visualization tools
• Familiarity with Git and reproducible development practices

Benefits

• Annual performance-based incentive opportunity
• Health insurance, 401(k), life and disability benefits, paid time off

About the Company

Pathward is a financial empowerment company focused on increasing financial access, choice and opportunity for all.