Risk Program Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX seeks a Risk program Senior Associate to advance machine learning algorithms for fraud risk ranking on transactions and applications for new products.

You will balance feature engineering, selection, and training with cutting-edge tech to extract predictive models from billions of data points. You will collaborate with business teams, apply ML methods in a big data context using distributed processing, and share insights across the firm to control fraud loss and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Physics, or other quantitative fields.
• 2+ years of experience with data analysis in Python.
• Experience designing models for a commercial purpose using at least three techniques: CNN, RNN, SVM, Reinforcement Learning, Random Forest/GBM.
• Strong interest in how models work and the practical aspects of model design.

Responsibilities

• Identify and retool ML algorithms to analyze datasets for fraud detection in Chase Consumer Bank.
• Perform ML tasks including feature engineering and training models to extract predictive patterns from billions of data points.
• Collaborate with business teams to identify opportunities and guide ML solution usage.
• Share knowledge and provide domain expertise across the firm.

Job description

Come and join us in reshaping the future!!

As a Risk program Senior Associate within the Chase consumer Bank, you'll be the analytical expert for identifying and retooling suitable machine learning algorithms that can enhance the fraud risk ranking of particular transactions and/or applications for new products. This includes a balance of feature engineering, feature selection, and developing and training machine learning algorithms using cutting edge technology to extract predictive models/patterns from data gathered for billions of transactions. Your expertise and insights will help us effectively utilize big data platforms, data assets, and analytical capabilities to control fraud loss and improve customer experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify and retool machine learning (ML) algorithms to analyze datasets for fraud detection in the Chase Consumer Bank.
• Perform machine learning tasks such as feature engineering, feature selection, and developing and training machine learning algorithms using cutting-edge technology to extract predictive models/patterns from billions of transactions' amounts of data.
• Collaborate with business teams to identify opportunities, collect business needs, and provide guidance on leveraging the machine learning solutions.
• Interact with a broader audience in the firm to share knowledge, disseminate findings, and provide domain expertise.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Physics, and other related quantitative fields.
• 2+ years of experience with data analysis in Python.
• Experience in designing models for a commercial purpose using some (at least 3) of the following machine learning and optimization techniques: CNN, RNN, SVM, Reinforcement Learning, Random Forest/GBM.
• A strong interest in how models work, the reasons why particular models work or not work on particular problems, and the practical aspects of how new models are designed.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• PhD in a quantitative field with publications in top journals, preferably in machine learning.
• Experience with model design in a big data environment making use of distributed/parallel processing via Hadoop, particularly Spark and Hive.
• Experience designing models with Keras/TensorFlow on GPU-accelerated hardware.