Senior Data Scientist - Home Lending & ML Mentor (Equity)

Wealthfront; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Wealthfront in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Data Scientist embedded in the Home Lending area to build predictive models and analyze user behavior across our lending tools. You will translate statistical results into actionable recommendations and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve product and customer outcomes.

The role emphasizes independence, rigorous mathematics, and the mentorship of junior data scientists, with equity and discretionary bonus components in compensation.

Qualifications

• Experience building predictive models for consumer products.
• Strong statistical analysis and inference.
• Experience communicating results to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models for home lending and customer risk.
• Analyze user behavior across lending tools and translate results into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve product and customer outcomes.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to modeling best practices.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Python

SQL

Experimentation

Tools

Jupyter

SciPy

Job description

Wealthfront in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Data Scientist embedded in the Home Lending area to build predictive models and analyze user behavior across our lending tools. You will translate statistical results into actionable recommendations and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve product and customer outcomes.

The role emphasizes independence, rigorous mathematics, and the mentorship of junior data scientists, with equity and discretionary bonus components in compensation.