Senior Data Scientist, SoFi

• Bachelor’s degree required (Masters preferred) in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering or quantitative field
• 4+ years of relevant work experience
• Intellectual curiosity and aptitude to pick up new technical skills
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• High EQ with ability to influence outcomes and communicate technical content to general audiences
• Ability to communicate assertively and succinctly therefore being able to influence stakeholders to make data driven decisions
• Strong programming skills in SQL, Python and proficiency in Tableau
• Experience with experimentation and hypothesis testing
• Ability to work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment, with strong attention to detail
• Strong relationship building and collaborative skills

Desirable

• We are seeking a full-stack Senior Data Scientist who will help shape business strategy through data-driven insights for SoFi’s Small Business Lending & Banking business
• This is an exciting role for someone to make a direct impact on a new product strategy based on deep consumer insights and a passion for helping small business owners thrive
• Success in this role hinges on your technical aptitude, quantitative abilities, and business acumen: you know how to plow through data with SQL/Python/R/Tableau, surface insights using math/statistics and measure the business impact using efficiency/conversion/profit metrics
• You treat stakeholders as a partnership – you are there at each step of the way and you know that we only succeed if we succeed together
• Work with amazing product and business managers to identify strategic opportunities, measure KPIs to craft compelling stories, make data-driven recommendations, and drive informed actions
• Own end-to-end product analytics workflow including formulating success metrics, socializing them across the organization, and creating dashboards/reports
• Act as a curator of data by defining, instrumenting, and tracking necessary analytics of our products by working cross functionally with engineering and product teams
• Craft, analyze, and present customer behavior metrics, such as funnel conversion, user churn, invest features engagement, product LTV, and cross-sell metrics
• Work with product and marketing partners to design tests to improve these metrics
• Working with seasoned business leaders to understand revenue, costs and profitability across various revenue streams within SMB
• Build self-service dashboards to enable others in the organization to leverage your work
• Analyze and perform statistical analysis on data that underlies SMB’s product experiments
• Build exploratory & predictive models to help decision makers understand customer behaviors and segmentation
• Run significance tests and continuously discover trends in customer behavior to inform decision making with a high level of confidence