Senior Data Scientist

TIFIN; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Flexible PTO

Equity stake

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Data Scientist to drive machine learning projects and integrate models into their platform. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in applied data science, skilled in Python, SQL, and data visualization. With a compensation range of $140,000 - $180,000, the role offers substantial equity and access to comprehensive benefits. This individual contributor position reports directly to the CEO and is integral to enhancing product offerings.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in applied data science working in Python, SQL, and DBT.
• Experience in shipping ML products, including feature engineering and training machine learning models.
• Resilience and adaptability; experience at early-stage startups is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement ML solutions for clients’ fund distribution channels.
• Develop the data science pipeline leveraging AWS and/or Snowflake.
• Model complex fund distribution problems with machine learning techniques.
• Create data visualizations to communicate results and business impact.
• Manage product development deadlines and expectations.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

DBT

Job description

Direct message the job poster from TIFIN

WHO WE ARE

TIFIN builds AI-powered financial technology that personalizes and improves financial advice across consumers, advisors, workplaces, and institutions. Our modular platform embeds finance-tuned AI to deliver dynamic, tailored guidance at scale—without added complexity. Combining proprietary models, specialized data, and a fast‑paced engineering culture, we create secure, compliant tools that power real outcomes. Other differentiators include:

• Speed: Our ability to stand up businesses at 2‑4x the speed of typical fintech companies (building MVPs in 3 months and production‑ready products in 6‑12 months)
• Track Record: Previous exits include 55ip (acquired by J.P. Morgan) and Paralel
• Strategic Partners: Partners include J.P. Morgan, Franklin Templeton, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Motive Partners and SEI.
• World‑Class Team: Complimentary financial services & technical expertise from Google, Microsoft, Uber, PayPal, eBay, Techstars, BlackRock, LPL, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley, Broadridge and more.

OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT

• Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth fueled by a beginner’s mindset. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside. With self‑awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
• Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We communicate with authenticity, precision and integrity to create a shared understanding. We identify opportunities within constraints and propose solutions in service to the team.
• I Win for Teamwin. We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and taking accountability for driving results. We are all individual contributors first and always thinking about what can be better.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Data Scientist you will own and lead projects across one or more of our supervised machine‑learning product lines. We are looking for individuals who have worked end‑to‑end and have experience building products where machine learning models are a core component. This is an individual contributor role working closely with data science, engineering, client success and business leadership, reporting into the CEO.

PROJECTS

• Machine Learning Models: Build, train, and validate supervised machine learning models to predict engagement, churn and conversion and deliver lead scoring, segmentation, and recommendations.
• ML & Product Integration: Work with engineering teams to integrate models into the platform.
• Human‑in‑the‑Loop Collaboration: AI‑powered tool for advisors and other user personas, streamlining workflows such as prospecting, conversion, and client servicing.
• Product Development: Collaborate with clients, customer success and leadership to scope and develop new models and product features.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design and implement ML solutions to deliver measurable ROI within our clients’ fund distribution channels
• Develop across the data science pipeline, from feature store ETL to batch transform jobs with trained ML models, leveraging AWS (Sagemaker, Redshift, S3) and/or Snowflake
• Model complex fund distribution problems and discover insights through the use of machine learning and statistics techniques (A/B testing, RCTs)
• Create meaningful data visualizations to communicate results and highlight business impact
• Manage product development deadlines, overcome roadblocks, and manage internal and external expectations

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 4+ years of experience in applied data science working in Python, SQL, DBT
• Experience shipping ML products, including feature engineering, training, and tuning machine learning models.
• Resilience and adaptability - experience working at early‑stage startups is a plus

COMPENSATION RANGE

$140,000 - $180,000 USD

In addition to cash compensation, a meaningful equity stake is a significant part of the overall package. Package also includes benefits program eligibility: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits and flexible PTO.

TIFIN is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.