Senior Data Scientist with GCP

What You’ll Do

• Utilize advanced mathematical, statistical, and analytical expertise to research, collect, analyze, and interpret large datasets from internal and external sources to provide insight and develop data driven solutions across the company
• Build and test predictive models including but not limited to credit risk, fraud, response, and offer acceptance propensity
• Responsible for the development, testing, validation, tracking, and performance enhancement of statistical models and other BI reporting tools leading to new innovative origination strategies within marketing, sales, finance, and underwriting
• Leverage advanced analytics to develop innovative portfolio surveillance solutions to track and forecast loan losses, that influence key business decisions related to pricing optimization, credit policy and overall profitability strategy
• Use decision science methodologies and advanced data visualization techniques to implement creative automation solutions within the organization
• Initiate and lead analysis to bring actionable insights to all areas of the business including marketing, sales, collections, and credit decisioning
• Develop and refine unit economics models to enable marketing and credit decisions
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 5 to 8 years of experience in data science or a related role with a focus on Python programming and ML models.
• Strong in Python, experience with Jupyter notebooks, and Python packages like polars, pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib, etc.
• Experience with ML lifecycle: data preparation, training, evaluation, and deployment
• Hands-on experience with GCP services for ML & data science
• Experience with Vector Search and Hybrid Search techniques
• Embeddings generation using BERT, Sentence Transformers, or custom models
• Embedding indexing and retrieval (Elastic, FAISS, ScaNN, Annoy)
• Experience with LLMs and use cases like RAG
• Understanding of semantic vs lexical search paradigms
• Experience with Learning to Rank (LTR) and libraries like XGBoost, LightGBM with LTR support
• Proficient in SQL and BigQuery
• Experience with Dataproc clusters for distributed data processing using Apache Spark or PySpark
• Model deployment using Vertex AI, Cloud Run, or Cloud Functions
• Familiarity with BM25 ranking (Elasticsearch or OpenSearch) and vector blending
• Awareness of search relevance evaluation metrics (precision@k, recall, nDCG, MRR)
  
  

Life At Next

At our core, we're driven by the mission of tailoring growth for our customers by enabling them to transform their aspirations into tangible outcomes. We're dedicated to empowering them to shape their futures and achieve ambitious goals. To fulfil this commitment, we foster a culture defined by agility, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to progress. Our organizational framework is both streamlined and vibrant, characterized by a hands-on leadership style that prioritizes results and fosters growth.

Perks Of Working With Us

• Clear objectives to ensure alignment with our mission, fostering your meaningful contribution.
• Abundant opportunities for engagement with customers, product managers, and leadership.
• You'll be guided by progressive paths while receiving insightful guidance from managers through ongoing feedforward sessions.
• Cultivate and leverage robust connections within diverse communities of interest. Choose your mentor to navigate your current endeavors and steer your future trajectory.
• Embrace continuous learning and upskilling opportunities through Nexversity.
• Enjoy the flexibility to explore various functions, develop new skills, and adapt to emerging technologies. Embrace a hybrid work model promoting work-life balance. Access comprehensive family health insurance coverage, prioritizing the well-being of your loved ones.
• Embark on accelerated career paths to actualize your professional aspirations.
  
  

Who we are?

We enable high growth enterprises build hyper personalized solutions to transform their vision into reality. With a keen eye for detail, we apply creativity, embrace new technology and harness the power of data and AI to co-create solutions tailored made to meet unique needs for our customers.

Join our passionate team and tailor your growth with us!