Applied Senior Data Scientist - Fintech Foundation - Remote

Overview

This position involves joining Hopper's Fintech Foundation team to optimize pricing for ancillary products, balancing customer demand with financial risks, and supporting product teams in delivering new fintech products.

In Short

• Collaborate with cross-functional product teams to understand business requirements.
• Data engineering to create datasets for analysis and modeling.
• Implement automated ML training pipelines.
• Create and push models to production.
• Monitor pricing models for weaknesses and opportunities.
• Run A/B tests on new data sources and algorithms.
• Analyze historical performance for ad hoc requests from business partners.

Requirements

• BSc or MSc in a quantitative field (math, physics, statistics, economics).
• Two or more years of experience in data analysis and predictive modeling.
• Excellent communication skills and creative problem-solving ability.
• Strong coding skills in SQL and Python.
• Pragmatic approach valuing business impact over statistical nuance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and pre-IPO equity packages.
• 100% premium coverage for group insurance.
• Life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage.
• Health Savings Account for eligible medical and dental expenses.
• Access to telemedicine services.
• RRSP plan with automatic pre-tax withdrawals.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Travel stipend.
• Access to co-working space and work-from-home stipend.
• Entrepreneurial culture with open communication and small teams.