Staff Data Scientist, ML (Credit Risk)

Robinhood

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Menlo Park, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$217,000–$255,000 / yr
Posted
139 days ago
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Above market

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About Robinhood

Robinhood is a financial technology company offering commission-free stock, ETF, options, and cryptocurrency trading through its mobile app, aimed at democratizing access to financial markets. Industry: Financial Technology & Investment App

Robinhood currently has 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Data Scientist, ML (Credit Risk)

The Staff Data Scientist, ML (Credit Risk) joins the Credit Card business team to develop smart, customer-focused financial solutions. In this role, you will build credit risk models that drive critical lending decisions, including customer acquisitions, credit approvals, and credit limit assignments. You will own the full model lifecycle, from data preparation and building to production deployment and monitoring. Key responsibilities include creating rich datasets from traditional and non-traditional sources, generating powerful features, and collaborating with analysts and product managers. You must demonstrate proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and modeling, alongside experience in experimental design. The work focuses on solving complex credit risk problems by leveraging diverse data to build highly predictive models for the credit and banking space.

What does a Data Scientist earn in California?

Median $214500 from 114 postings across 26 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build credit risk models for customer acquisitions, credit approvals, and credit limit assignments.
  • Develop models for ongoing customer management and credit limit increases.
  • Create rich datasets using both traditional and non-traditional data sources.
  • Build innovative tools to generate powerful features that improve model performance.
  • Own the full model lifecycle from data preparation and building to production deployment.
  • Deploy, maintain, and monitor models in a production environment.
  • Communicate key results and findings to senior stakeholders in credit, product, and engineering.

What we're looking for

  • You have 7+ years of experience in data science and credit modeling.
  • You have strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and modeling.
  • You have experience designing experiments and interpreting results to guide product decisions.
  • You have domain knowledge and expertise in traditional credit data.
  • You have experience with non-traditional credit data, such as cash flow (preferred).
  • You can communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners.

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