Data Scientist

Quantifind is a Risk Intelligence company helping financial institutions identify money laundering and fraud. They are seeking a Data Scientist to apply expertise in statistics and computer science to solve problems in Natural Language Processing and work closely with Product Management and Platform engineers.

What you'll do:

• Translate real-world problems into quantitative language
• Find or create algorithms to solve those problems
• Implement algorithms in code

What they're looking for:

• Master's degree or higher in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
• At least 2 years of professional industry experience, in addition to your academic experience
• Proficient in two or more of the following: Scala / Java, Python, R
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical ability. Able to take less-than-precise business requirements and translate them into Quantitative problems that you enjoy solving
• In-depth knowledge of Statistics / Probability / Machine Learning, including foundations such as bias/variance trade-off, regularization, dimension reduction, and model explanation
• Ability to apply software engineering best practices to build scalable, reliable ML pipelines. Comfortable prototyping algorithms, iterating quickly, and working collaboratively
• Prior experience working with large-scale datasets (Millions of records) using SQL and Spark
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, prior experience explaining assumptions, conclusions, and methodology to technical and non-technical audiences
• Prior experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods such as Word and Contextual Embeddings, Named Entity Recognition, Topic Modeling, large-scale Document Classification, and Sequence-to-Sequence Models is a significant plus

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Company Equity
• Exceptional benefits package
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan
• A fun environment where work-life balance is valued
• Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.