Job Description

We're looking for fresh graduates with experience in manipulating datasets and building statistical models for credit risk by leveraging machine learning techniques. You will partner with business, product, and engineering team to explore, determine, analyze, propose, and solve some of the most challenging business problems in lending and reduce risk. You will perform deep-dive exploration and analysis to find improvements in our existing framework. You will be submerged in a fast-paced environment working tightly in a strong team of data scientists and experience firsthand our robust data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Perform features selection, parameter binning, and optimize custom predictive machine learning models for credit risk scoring
Query, process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
Analyze key metrics to determine risk and explore areas for improvements
Create reports and dashboards to monitor model impact and performance
Help build the variety of data ingredients needed to do modelling effectively
Maintain the credit risk model platform which is utilized by the team
Provide advice and guidance on potential efficiency gains and new state-of-the-art credit risk modelling methodologies

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in an analytical or quantitative discipline (e.g. math, statistics, engineering, computer science), however other disciplines will be considered
Experienced in using statistical computer languages such as R, Python SAS, SQL, or advanced MS Excel skills is a plus.
Have good communication skills and able to work together in a team
Excellent problem-solving skills and have the drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques
Willingness to learn new skills independently and have a strong sense of project ownership
Not afraid to get your hands dirty to explore data and build statistical models

Data Scientist - Risk Platform