Senior Data Scientist

Your Impact:

As a Data Scientist at clients, you will join a group of skilled professionals who use data science to solve important business problems. Developing analytical methods and models about the collateral underlying the mortgages in clients portfolio. Conducting research on enhancements to the existing models, and applying industry standard processes and techniques to meet various business needs. Providing innovative, detailed and practical solutions to an extensive range of demanding and complicated problems. Implementing statistical models in efficient software languages, coding model prototypes for specification and test cases, modifying source codes in the existing application. Coordinating the testing through the model implementation, conducting back tests to monitor the model performance, and performing economic tests and stress tests to validate the model forecast results. Providing modeling and analytical support to a line of business or product area, functioning as day-to-day technical specialist. Preparing documentation for the technical analytics and rationale through the model development to comply with model oversight and support model review for approval. Working under limited direction, independently resolving and developing approach to solutions.

Qualifications:

Doctorate degree, or Master degree with 3 years of equivalent work experience, in quantitative finance, statistics, economics or a related quantitative field. Coursework or work experience applying predictive modeling techniques from finance, statistics, mathematics, data science, or computer programming to large data sets. Qualifying coursework may include but is not limited to statistics, mathematical programming, optimization, machine learning, computational methods, design and analysis of algorithms, Bayesian methods, derivatives, or Monte Carlo methods Coursework or work experience writing statistical or optimization programs to develop models and algorithms. Programming languages may include but are not limited to SAS, Python, R, SQL, and MATLAB Experience working with large data sets and relational database. Experience in statistical model development and implementation is preferred Experience with software development and system setup for model application is preferred Keys to Success in this

Role:

Exceptional quantitative and analytics skills Strong knowledge of statistical models, tools and techniques Strong programming skills Strong communication skills Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.