Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mission Lane is a purpose-driven fintech company combining data, technology, and exceptional service to help millions of people achieve financial progress. The Principal Data Scientist will serve as the technical anchor for collections models, implementing the data science roadmap, developing production models that guide customer outreach, and establishing durable internal modeling practices.
Responsibilities
- Implementation of the data science roadmap for collections, serving as the primary technical point of contact day to day, and setting the standard for rigor and production quality across the data scientists, consultants, and contractors working alongside you
- End-to-end models that anticipate how customers are likely to respond to different kinds of outreach, and that shape which approach Mission Lane uses and when
- Durable internal modeling practices that reduce how much of this work needs to run through outside consultants over time
Skills
- A PhD in a quantitative field and 3+ years of experience in a related role, or a BS/MS in a quantitative field and 7+ years of experience in a related role
- Has created, deployed, and managed supervised learning models in production systems for vital applications
- Shares best practices for software engineering and can help experienced data scientists work through complex technical problems, especially operationalizing and evaluating models for real-world use
- Practices solid software engineering fundamentals (test-driven development, code review, refactoring) and works fluently in our core tech stack
- Interested in a wide range of ML tooling, from established tools (Spark, Kubernetes, Airflow, MLFlow) to emerging ones (Chalk, BentoML, DVC)
- Experience assuming project leadership on a workstream, working independently with guidance focused on priorities and key objectives
- Mission Lane is not sponsoring new applicant employment authorization
Benefits
- Participation in the annual incentive program
- Participation in equity programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) match
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Disability coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible spending account for childcare and healthcare
- Life insurance
- Remote-first work environment
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