General Responsibilities:
At the core of this role are the following responsibilities:
Data Analytics Support: Provide valuable support to the analytics department by applying data technologies. This involves aggregating and structuring data, conducting statistical analysis, developing algorithmic solutions, and extracting insights from extensive internal and external datasets. The goal is to gain comprehensive business knowledge, particularly regarding customer activity, usage behaviors, and their relationships with sales, payment, credit risks, and other behaviors.
Technical Ownership: Take on the role of technical owner for projects that may necessitate customization of existing analytical tools, processes, or the creation of new ones.
Statistical Analysis: Conduct statistical data analysis, ensuring data quality. Create tracking and reporting systems to assess the effectiveness of models, rules, and risk initiatives and programs.
Data Transformation: Design and implement systems that can effectively structure and aggregate large volumes of unstructured data, converting them into statistically significant features for modeling purposes.
Proficiencies:
To excel in this role, proficiency in the following areas is crucial:
Communication Skills: Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Programming Languages: Demonstrate a strong command of one or more scripting and programming languages, such as Python, Java, or SQL.
Modeling Techniques: Possess expertise in various modeling techniques, including GBM, logistic regression, and clustering.
Transformer Models: Experience in building, fine-tuning, and running inference on transformer models, with a preference for multi-models like LayoutLM.
Data Handling: Capable of creating and handling Apache Arrow datasets from relational tables.
Model Evaluation: Develop and monitor metrics like data drift and F1 score to assess model performance in production.
Innovation: Display curiosity and a willingness to explore new models, such as LLMs, on a business document corpus.
Creativity: Apply creative and innovative thinking to problem-solving.
Proactivity: React proactively and adhere to project timelines.
Interpersonal Skills: Possess good interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with individuals and groups at all organizational levels. Work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Education and Experience:
To meet the qualifications for this role, the following educational and experiential background is expected:
Educational Background: Hold an MS/PhD degree in a quantitative field, which may include engineering, mathematics, computer science, statistics, or related disciplines.
Work Experience: Bring to the table a minimum of 3 years of experience in business analysis, customer segmentation, and/or predictive modeling, with a preference for experience in the financial services industry.
Machine Learning: Demonstrate a minimum of 2 years of experience in utilizing machine learning packages, such as Python, R, or SAS, in practical applications.