Lead Data Scientist
Lead Data Scientist
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$ 155000 - 210000
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Job Description
Hi were Brigit! A holistic financial health company helping everyday Americans build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is aligned with our customers we create transparent fair and simple financial products that put money back in the hands of our members help them spend wisely avoid unfair fees and build their credit quickly. If autonomy ownership and having meaningful input at the company you work for is important to you come join our growing team!
Brigit is doing innovative and exciting work but dont just take our word for it our work is being recognized by others:
Role overview
At Brigit were 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 youll be responsible for building/improving/maintaining the most important models which focus on this:
Identifying credit risk for our customers so that we can help more people in need when they need it
Optimizing our marketing spend by predicting LTV for our customers
Helping us reduce our overall churn by predicting customer churn and improving retention
We have access to rich structured data that we can use to derive insights and build complex models. In addition to supporting broad analytics use cases when needed you will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams.
What you have
Advanced degree in data science statistics computer science or related field.
5 years of experience doing data science (modeling analysis)
Proficiency in Python and indepth understanding of SQL
Competent 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 together
Ability to get the train data train the model do hyper parameter tuning perform validation run the A/B test do performance monitoring 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)
ML model deployment in production experience is a plus
Technical presentation skills is a plus
Experience working in B2C marketplace lending or subscription oriented business is a plus
Who You Are
Passionate selfstarter who is always looking for ways to optimize test and improve
Being able to operate in ambiguity asking questions leaning on your colleagues and speaking up when necessary
You are passionate about making a difference in peoples lives through your work
What youll be doing
Build test and roll out new underwriting and risk models to understand the risk of our customer base and improve access for our prospective customers by allowing us to take more calculated risks.
Youll have ownership of the full modeling lifecycle and get to carry your changes all the way through to our decision process getting to realize every bit of impact along the way.
Build test and roll out other customer related models (such as Churn propensity and LTV prediction) which help us analyze and optimize our marketing and retention efforts.
Monitor the performance of the models in production and take appropriate actions when necessary
Analyze how our customer base is shifting as we grow and pinpoint areas we can improve.
Help our existing engineering and business teams track their goals supporting the BI function from time to time to time with adhoc data analytics
The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $155000 $210000. 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.
Our Benefits & Team
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
Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development
Help hard working Americans build a brighter financial future
Highgrowth company at an early stage
A dynamic flexible and collaborative startup work environment with a highly talented team
Brigit is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees without regard to race religion color sex pregnancy (including breast feeding and related medical conditions) national origin citizenship status uniform service member status age genetic information disability or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please email
Employment Type
Full-Time
