Senior Credit Modeling & ML Engineer (Remote)

Synchrony; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony’s ACM - Model Development role offers opportunities to support ACM analytics and modeling capabilities. You will contribute to the development and execution of models for customer account management, focusing on core technical model development and analytics.

The successful candidate will have hands-on model development experience in financial services, be proficient in Python, AWS, ML/AI, and able to communicate complex findings to diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• 4+ years hands-on experience as a model developer or model validator in financial services.
• 4+ years of hands-on technical experience with data science tools such as Python, Spark, AWS SageMaker, H2O, and SAS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present analytical findings to diverse audiences.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on data collection and model development for ACM projects.
• Partner with Model Risk Management on validations, annual reviews, and ongoing assessments.
• Analyze model performance and explain model behavior to business stakeholders.
• Utilize advanced ML techniques for data mining of customer risk analysis and profiling.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive model documentation for regulatory standards.
• Lead automation initiatives using AWS, Python, Tableau and related tools.
• Build expertise in Synchrony’s data warehouse and analytics ecosystem.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Skills

Python

Spark

AWS SageMaker

H2O

SAS

Machine Learning

GenAI/AI

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or related field

Master’s Degree or MBA with advanced analytic focus

Tools

Tableau

AWS

Job description

Synchrony’s ACM - Model Development role offers opportunities to support ACM analytics and modeling capabilities. You will contribute to the development and execution of models for customer account management, focusing on core technical model development and analytics.

The successful candidate will have hands-on model development experience in financial services, be proficient in Python, AWS, ML/AI, and able to communicate complex findings to diverse stakeholders.