Senior Data Scientist - Account Opening

at Feedzai
🇵🇹 Portugal - Remote
📊 Data🟣 Senior

Job description

Feedzai is the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, and the market leader in safeguarding global commerce with today’s most advanced cloud-based risk management platform, powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence. Feedzai is securing the transition to a cashless world while enabling digital trust in every transaction and payment type. The world’s largest banks, processors, and retailers trust Feedzai to protect trillions of dollars and manage risk while improving the customer experience for everyday users, without compromising privacy. Feedzai is a Series D company and has raised $282M to date. With a valuation of +$1.5B, the company’s technology protects 900 million people in 190 countries.

The Product Team builds our product to disrupt the RiskOps/financial crime industry from a data-led approach. We partner with our clients using a holistic lens and have result-driven solutions to manage financial risk with a cloud-first platform and a world-class user experience. Being part of this team, you have a voice in planning, strategizing, and challenging the status quo. Your thoughts and ideas are valued. Our fast-paced and open environment encourages us to lean in, try new things, and discover our potential. We define and act on what could be in tomorrow’s world, not on what is today.

The Product Data Science role requires an engineer at heart who is able to lead and guide Data Science/Machine Learning teams to deliver Feedzai financial crime fighting products. The role requires deep data science knowledge, allowing the teams to have strong support at a strategic level. Besides technical leadership, you will hire top-class data scientists/machine learning engineers, as well as plan the execution of product development driven by the product management team. You need to be able to lead by example with a positive attitude bringing out the best of people. This role is key to achieving success at Feedzai making sure we always give clients the features they need, in the perfect timing and with the desired quality.

Your Day to Day

  • Collaborate within a small team of data scientists whose work has a direct impact on detecting financial crime activity.
  • Provide technical feedback to the team regarding architecture, design, experimental setups, and code reviews.
  • Be responsible for the planning, execution, and success of Data Science initiatives, with support from the team.
  • Work with key stakeholders across all groups within the Engineering and Product Teams.
  • Develop and empower top-class data science and technology practices in the teams.

You Have & You Know How:

  • 3+ years of experience with very large datasets.
  • 4+ years of experience in applied ML.
  • 4+ years of data science work, including experiment design.
  • Experience in communicating complex concepts to customers and/or key stakeholders.

Preferred/Valued Qualifications and Skills:

  • Experience in banking including Account Opening, or Credit Risk Scoring is highly valuable.
  • Experience working on high-uncertainty projects that move quickly and have ever-changing processes and structure.
  • Demonstrated skills in leadership, adaptability, problem-solving, and critical thinking.
  • Be able to handle stakeholder’s expectations and push-back when necessary to ensure the success of the project.
  • Be solution-oriented, and when issues arise, be able to roll up your sleeves and tackle them with a ‘get it done’ attitude.
  • Team player with a clear focus on taking the performance of teams to the next level.
  • Solid background in data science practices and applied Machine Learning principles.
  • Experience working in customer-facing Data Science initiatives.
  • Experience working in Machine Learning Platform initiatives.
  • Experience working in the fraud detection domain.

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Your First 30-Days at Feedzai:

You will be immersed in our brand with training, connections, and one-on-one time with your manager. You may shadow your colleagues virtually or onsite at an office depending on where you work as you are supported through your Feedzai journey. In addition, you will have access to a ton of information to give you history, context, and all the knowledge you can handle about Feedzai and the team. Finally, you will start working on projects and collaborating on work currently being done. We can’t wait to have you join the team!

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Feedzai is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Feedzai does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

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