Senior Data Scientist — Fintech Growth & Impact (Remote)

Creditstar Group; Finland (MN); On-site; USD 51,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Company events

Snacks and drinks

Office games

Job summary

Creditstar Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own and develop the data science framework across the Group. You will drive underwriting development, define what data to collect, and enable discovery of actionable insights to improve customer experience in multiple markets.

You will collaborate with Product and Risk Managers to enable data-informed decisions, lead your own projects, and push innovations in a fast-evolving data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years professional experience related to data science.
• BS in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Physics or Statistics.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and Python (or a similar scripting language).
• Knowledge of machine learning and statistical modeling techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good project management skills.
• Proactive attitude, sense of ownership, ability to work autonomously but also to coach other team members.
• Having a startup mindset and willingness to work in a fast evolving environment.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Passion about what you do.

Responsibilities

• Build models based on data to predict customers' payment behavior.
• Design A/B experiments, analyze the results, and provide decision recommendations.
• Work in tight cooperation with stakeholders to analyze complex data and provide data-driven insights for business-critical decisions.
• Review the work and provide feedback to data analysts and data scientists.
• Share your knowledge and provide training on best practices in data processing and analytics methodologies.
• Define data science strategy, communicate and align it with the management and other teams.
• Propose, assess, prioritize, and lead data science projects.
• Work closely with data engineers to ensure the best possible data infrastructure across products.
• Research and implement best practices and standards in Data Science across product teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

ML techniques

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Project management

Ownership mindset

Startup mindset

English fluency

Education

BS in Mathematics, Economics, CS, Physics or Statistics

Job description

Creditstar Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own and develop the data science framework across the Group. You will drive underwriting development, define what data to collect, and enable discovery of actionable insights to improve customer experience in multiple markets.

You will collaborate with Product and Risk Managers to enable data-informed decisions, lead your own projects, and push innovations in a fast-evolving data-driven environment.