Senior Data Scientist, Prosper Marketplace
Operations
$146-179k
+ Bonus
More information about location
Online P2P lending marketplace
Job no longer available
Online P2P lending marketplace
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$146-179k
+ Bonus
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To advance financial wellbeing by providing affordable financial solutions to consumers across the credit spectrum.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in quantitative field such Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences or related technical field - Postgrad degree a plus
- 7+ years of Data Science experience with 5-7 years of experience in fintech/finance applying statistical and machine learning predictive techniques and 3+ years of analytics management experience
- Expert level proficiency and experience in Python and SQL
- Familiarity with Google cloud services stack including Big Query, BQML, DBT, Looker, etc (preferred)
- Experience with Github and Bitbucket or similar source control mechanisms/tools (preferred)
- Hands-on experience leveraging large sets of structured and unstructured data to develop data-driven tactical and strategic analytics and insights using GenAI, ML, NLP, ANN and other modeling techniques
- Solid understanding and habitual use of coding best practices/model documentation requirements
- Strong communication & collaboration skills to communicate technical subject matter to other team members and Senior Management team
- Proven ability to supervise and direct multiple data science projects in parallel and make critical decisions independently
- A passion for solving complex problems in operations and execute test plans in a dynamic environment
What the job involves
- As the Senior Data Scientist, you will lead initiatives targeted to drive efficiency, scalability, and operational performance using AI/ML
- In this role, you will source, manage, and analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data, synthesize results, and communicate/collaborate on the results with key stakeholders to drive strategic decision making in the organization
- This role will require heavy collaboration across other data science, engineering, and analytics teams while also acting as an individual contributor as Operations build out Data Science skills and abilities
- This role will be heavily invested in financial operations, particularly collections but inclusive of loan verifications, customer servicing, sales strategy, complaints, and customer experience
- You will serve as subject matter expert on AI/ML in Operations and eventually cultivate a team of Data Scientists to deepen our strength in this space
- Responsible for the design and development of AI/ML solutions in Operations. Spearhead innovation and application development to automate/optimize current workflow and process for efficiency enhancement. Ensure the end-to-end solution meets all technical and business requirements
- Expertise with modeling techniques: NLU/NLP and GenAI, ANN, Decision Tree, and other statistical modeling techniques
- Develop creative ways to find and use data that significantly impact our key business metrics
- Independently create proposals and identify opportunities to drive efficiency in operational processes and AI/ML
- Design and execute tests having clear success metrics, be able to provide synthesized analysis of the results and manage solutions into production
- Work cross functionally to shepherd projects from ideation into production working across Legal, Risk, Ops Teams, Product, Engineering to ensure efficiency
- Develop and maintain procedures for tracking data sources, data lineage, data quality, completeness, redundancy vs replication, data dictionary, data models, metadata and master data
- Build production models used to generate ‘next best action’ strategies across customer journeys in Collections and Sales
- Own operations priorities and roadmap, acting as liaison across all products and functional areas to deliver AI solutions for the organization. AI solutions could include, but not limited to, analytical deployments/proofs of concept, engineering developed AI solutions, and external AI service providers
- Continuously develop and demonstrate improved modeling methodologies; advise on best practices and methods for evaluating and measuring experiments
- Assess the potential usefulness and validity of new statistical approaches and data sources
Our take
Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects investors with borrowers directly. When it launched in 2005, it was the first of its kind and paved the way for the now crowded peer-to-peer lending market, which includes competitors like Peerform, Upstart, Funding Circle and LendingClub.
The company provides an attractive option by cutting out the middleman and making applications faster, meaning that socially and financially rewarding investments can be made. Prosper is one of the largest and most recognized in this industry, having facilitated billions in loans to over two million borrowers.
In more recent years, Prosper has forged ties with banks to allow it to launch its home equity credit line, indicating a new direction for the company. It continues to develop its offering and remains a force in the market, with no reason to believe it won't continue to succeed.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Sep 2017
$50m
SERIES G
Jan 2013
$20m
LATE VC
Total funding: $153.8m
Company benefits
- Take-what-you-need (paid) vacation for salaried employees
- 20 days of PTO and 7 paid holidays/year for hourly employees
- Stock options
- 401K retirement savings plan with generous matching
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance plans, with options specific to your own health coverage needs
- Prosper Fit - A monthly stipend to use for gym memberships, personal training sessions, yoga and exercise classes, or club sports/fitness fees
- Pre-tax commuter/parking assistance
- Snacks and beverage selections in our kitchen
- Monthly meet-and-greet happy hours
- Perkspot discount programs
- One Medical
- SF Location - Rooftop deck with ping-pong and foosball table
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Kimball
(Chairman & CEO)Having studied for an MBA at Brigham Young University, David worked in Management at Ford Motor Company for over 10 years, prior to spending another decade at USAA. He left his role as CFO and COO to join Prosper Marketplace in March 2016 as CEO and Chairman.
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