Data Scientist, Enova
Machine Learning Operations and Deployment
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AI-driven financial credit provider
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AI-driven financial credit provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Enova's mission is to help hardworking businesses and individuals get access to fast, trustworthy credit through its AI-driven credit solutions.
Role
Who you are
- Advanced programming skills and the ability to write customized programs for meaningful data analysis (Python). Proficiency with other modeling languages a plus (R, SAS, Mathematica)
- Experience working with relational databases, such as SQL
- Knowledge of statistical/econometric modeling
- A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- As an Analyst or Data Scientist for Machine Learning Operations, you will be one of Enova's most valuable team members
- You will develop, enhance and deploy software that helps us build and deploy our models critical to our business
- You are the medium that allows us to quickly go from an idea to an in production endpoint
- You build and maintain tools that enable us to build models faster, keep them working, and scale accordingly
- Our goal is to reduce time and friction at all points of the modeling lifecycle
- At times, you may be asked to conduct ad hoc analysis using statistical and financial tools to recommend improvements for operational strategies
- You will demonstrate the ability to interpret and organize data, and communicate it effectively to cross functional teams to solve business problems, provide requirements and support implementation
- Then you must be able to self drive the execution and deployment of those tools
- You must be curious, humble, eager to learn, and willing to grow
- The people that succeed at Enova operate as an owner and get things done, and ask the right questions
- Enova's Analytics team consists of over 100 quantitative professionals dedicated to using the latest cutting-edge techniques to drive business value
- We are a shared service for the entire company and operate in four core Analytics workgroups
- We predominantly use Python for our Machine Learning Operations, but we also use R, SQL, SAS and Mathematica for our model building
Our take
Providing customers with quick access to credit is important for fintech companies to survive in today's financial landscape of open banking, but this is made difficult by high credit rejection rates from banks. However, these decisions are generally made by human assessments of data which are limited due to the complexity of the modern financial landscape. AI-driven solutions, able to analyse vast amounts of data almost instantly to derive accurate credit risk assessments, present room for improvement in the lending industry.
Enova provides a platform called Colossus that leverages AI and machine learning-enabled analytics to provide businesses and individuals with fast, reliable, and trustworthy credit. The company achieves this by partnering with banks and sharing its data analysis solutions, helping to identify opportunities for credit when they would otherwise be missed. There is definitely a market for its product: over 8 million customers have funded almost $50 billion through the platform to date.
Enova has grown strongly in recent years based on the rapid uptake of its product. As the macroeconomic climate remains volatile, businesses will increasingly come to rely on Enova's AI-based solutions to help them manage credit risk and navigate an increasingly complex lending environment.
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Company benefits
- Hybrid roles entail working in-office from Tuesday to Thursday, with the choice to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance including mental health benefits
- 401(k) matching plus a roth option (U.S. Based employees only)
- PTO & paid holidays off
- Sabbatical program (for eligible roles)
- Summer hours (for eligible roles)
- Paid parental leave
- DEI groups (B.L.A.C.K. @ Enova, HOLA @ Enova, Women @ Enova, Pride @ Enova, South Asians @ Enova, APEX @ Enova, and Parents @ Enova)
- Employee recognition and rewards program
- Charitable matching and a paid volunteer day…Plus so much more!
Company values
- Customer first: We listen to our customers’ needs and create products that solve real problems. We deliver beyond expectations, treating our customers the way we want to be treated
- Best answer wins: We believe innovative ideas and solutions can come from anywhere. That’s why we make sure the best answer wins — no matter who it’s coming from.
- Operate as an Owner: The entrepreneurial spirit runs strong at Enova. We encourage team members to think big and move fast and use resources like they’re their own
- Accountable for Results: We’re a data-driven company, and we use that data to add value and create results. We set our expectations high and do what we say we are going to do
- Top Talent and Teamwork: Enova is a place for the best and brightest, from all walks of life and parts of the world. We work in small, focused teams that encourage diversity of thought
Company HQ
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
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Leadership
David Fisher
(CEO, not founder)Before joining Enova as CEO, they were the CEO of optionsXpress and CFO at Potbelly Sandwich Works, Prism Financial and RBC Mortgage.
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