Data Scientist
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Job Summary
Data Science is expanding into all areas at Lumi and we are looking for a junior-to-mid level Data Scientist to help foster its growth. This role is uniquely suited to a practitioner who views data through a mathematical and statistical lens. This role will be the primary steward of Lumis current models - ensuring they remain theoretically sound and accurate - while supporting the development of new models and conducting deep-dive statistical analyses to derive actionable insights across the business.
The Role
- Model Stewardship: perform ongoing maintenance updates and performance monitoring of live models to detect performance degradation and statistical anomalies to ensure our models remain fit for purpose as market conditions evolve.
- Model Development: assist the Lead Data Scientist in the end-to-end development of new models from feature engineering to data validation.
- Inference & Statistics: conduct robust statistical analyses (hypothesis testing significance testing) to provide clarity in areas of business uncertainty.
- Data Integrity & Retrieval: design and execute data queries to retrieve and cleanse data ensuring the underlying distributions are understood and verified before use in modeling.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: work with disparate teams to understand their goals and translate their business constraints into mathematical frameworks.
- Communication: provide clear written and verbal communication with a specific focus on translating complex statistical concepts into intuitive narratives for non-technical stakeholders.
Qualifications :
This Person Is Someone With
- Demonstrated experience in a Data Science role.
- Bachelors degree with Honours (Masters or PhD highly preferred) in statistics mathematics econometrics or a related quantitative field or equivalent relevant experience.
- Proven experience in statistical modeling (e.g. GLMs clustering regression classification) and a deep understanding of experimental design.
- Strong experience in Python (required). Experience in other statistical tooling like R is advantageous.
- Solid SQL skills.
- Experience in data visualisation using tools/libraries like Tableau Seaborn Matplotlib GGplot Plotly to communicate findings.
- Experience with cloud computing (especially Databricks but could also include AWS GCP etc.) - highly desired.
- Familiarity with version control (Git/Bitbucket) and a commitment to writing reproducible well-documented code.
- Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to apply AI and agentic methods to streamline business processes highly regarded.
Additional Information :
Perks & Benefits
Wellbeing: Free counselling seasonal activities Wellbeing Allowance wellness room flu shots
Work Life: Home Workspace Allowance Purchased Leave Parental Leave Parental Flex Leave Lumi Life Leave for challenging events breastfeeding/expressing space
Social & Food: Monthly lunches regular celebrations stocked kitchen beer & kombucha on tap board games rooftop BBQs
Rewards & Recognition: Competitive pay referral bonuses shout-out recognitions
Community Support: Paid volunteer leave diversity celebrations company volunteer days
Career & Growth: Rapid advancement opportunities higher education sponsorship hackathons
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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About Company
WHO IS LUMI?We’re a leading Fintech small business lender fuelling growth by making finance more accessible.We deliver fast & flexible funding designed to meet the unique needs of Australian businesses. With over $1.5 billion funded since 2018 and backing for 15,000+ small businesses, ... View more
