Data Scientist (Risk strategy, SME)

About the job

About the role As Data Scientist in the credit risk strategy team, you will leverage your creative and critical thinking skills to develop best-in-class risk management strategies that have a meaningful impact on the client’s business. What you'll do • Develop, validate and deploy risk management strategies using a combination of sophisticated data analytics and domain expertise • Extract and explore data, validate data integrity, perform ad hoc analysis, evaluate new data sources for usage in strategy development • Maintain robust documentation of approach and techniques used; including objectives, assumptions, performance, weaknesses, and limitations • Be ready to adapt to new tools/libraries/technologies/platforms • Actively partner with engineers to validate & deploy scalable solutions • Collaborate to gather insight from partners across the organization • Further develop expertise in data science and engineering through self-study, project exposure and guidance of senior team members What you'll bring • Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., computer science, data science, engineering, economics, mathematics, etc.). Advanced degree preferred • 3+ years of Data Science experience • 2+ years in financial services • Experience building and implementing risk strategies in production • Deep understanding of segmentation techniques such as decision trees • Experience in banking sector with exposure to risk management analytics • Proficient with Python • Proficient with SQL • Practical experience using Spark is a plus • Understanding of statistical modeling techniques is a plus • Technical understanding of algorithm complexity, probability & statistics • Self-driven with an aptitude for independent research & problem-solving • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment is essential

Requirements

• Python
• SQL
• Risk Management
• Data Analysis

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field
• Advanced degree preferred

Preferred Technologies

• Python
• SQL
• Risk Management
• Data Analysis

About the company

bluCognition is an AI/ML based start-up specializing in risk analytics, data conversion and data enrichment capabilities. Founded in 2017, by some very named senior professionals from the financial services industry, the company is headquartered in the US, with the delivery center based in Pune.