Lead Data Scientist
About the role
At Brigit we’re focused on giving the 100M Americans who live paycheck to paycheck access to more affordable financial services and getting them on the path to better financial wellness. As a Data Scientist on our team you’ll be responsible for building, improving and maintaining the key ML models that enable our services.
Responsibilities
- Build, test and roll out new underwriting and risk models to better predict risk
- Own the full modeling lifecycle from conception through to production and realize every bit of impact along the way
- Build, test and roll out new or improved models related to fraud and payments
- Contribute to building best practices for feature development, model training and model testing and monitoring
- Analyze how our customer base is shifting as we grow and pinpoint areas we can improve
- Help our existing engineering and business teams achieve our cross-functional goals
- Mentor more junior data scientists or aspiring data scientists across the data team
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience doing data science (modeling + analysis)
- Advanced degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or related field
- Proven expertise in machine learning principles and techniques
- Experience in Python, using industry-standard modeling toolkits like sklearn, JupyterLab, pandas, matplotlib, statsmodels, etc.
- Experience in writing complex SQL queries and the ability to put together multiple data sources
- Experience creating training data sets, training models, tuning hyperparameters, performing validation, running A/B tests in production, creating and owning performance and model monitoring
- Experience building classification and prediction models, testing them in a startup environment and iterating to improve their models
- Ability to work effectively and communicate ideas/code clearly in a cross functional team environment (Engineering, Product and Business teams)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to various audiences
Qualifications
- Passionate self-starter who is always looking for ways to optimize, test, and improve
- Ability to operate through ambiguity by asking questions and learning quickly
- Willing to collaborate and help your colleagues to do their best work
- Passionate about making a difference in people's lives through your work
Skills
- Python programming
- Machine learning principles and techniques
- SQL querying
- Data modeling and analysis
- Model training and testing
- A/B testing in production
- Feature development and monitoring
- Classification and prediction modeling
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO Policy
- 401k plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Physical and mental wellbeing benefits including Wellhub for access to virtual workouts and discounted gym memberships, and Headspace for covered virtual therapy sessions and unlimited on demand health support
- Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development
Pay
The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $185,000 - $215,000 with a 10% annual bonus opportunity. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits for which an individual may be eligible. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Schedule
Brigit offers a dynamic, flexible and collaborative start-up work environment with a highly talented team.