Data Scientist

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $90k - $130k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

📊 Data Scientist

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NinjaHoldings

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

Finance • Fintech • B2C

NinjaHoldings is a pioneering company offering transformative and innovative financial solutions, focusing on digital lending and financial services for underserved Americans. As original entrepreneurs and data scientists, they have developed digital money platforms to empower individuals often overlooked by traditional banks. Through their brands like CreditNinja and NinjaCard, they provide a comprehensive suite of digital banking and lending products, with incentives and rewards that help guide customers towards financial improvement. Additionally, their NinjaEdge brand offers B2B solutions for companies, enhancing customer understanding via bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services.

📋 Description

• Build predictive models to optimize lending decisions by using advanced statistical modeling and simulation techniques • Use advanced data analytics to understand consumer risk behavior trends, their impact on the portfolio, and resulting business opportunities • Support the implementation of models by working closely with the software engineering team and performing post release checks and analysis • Assist with development of technical tools and platforms to standardize and streamline model development and monitoring processes • Establish key performance metrics and develop automated reporting dashboards using SQL and Python • Design A/B testing for models and underwriting strategies, evaluate impact, and provide recommendations • Work with cross-functional teams to explore new ways of finding insights from data and provide recommendations • Communicate concise and actionable business strategies to senior management

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required • 2+ years of professional experience with data analytics and statistical modeling • Experience with relational databases and SQL • Programming experience with Python • Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with key attention to detail • Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package • Flexible, remote work • Fun, fast-paced work environment • Dynamic start-up culture • Ability to make an immediate impact in a growth stage company • Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city