About the role

PngMe is looking for a senior-level NLP-specialized Data Scientist who can independently research, experiment, build, and productize NLP-based solutions to translating unstructured text data.

Responsibilities

-Apply NLP/NLU techniques such as named entity recognition, text classification, and statistical language models to translate unstructured text into machine-readable form
-Develop solutions in collaboration with data engineering to deploy algorithms through an MLOps pipeline
-Build a rigorous experimentation framework to evaluate algorithm efficacy and drive a culture of iteration, optimization, and model tuning.
-Work with customers to identify, design, and NLP/NLU models for product use cases

Requirements

-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a closely related field
-5+ years of professional experience as a data scientist
-Working knowledge of scientific computing language (Python preferred), SQL, and data visualization tools
-Strong knowledge of probability and statistics. Deep understanding of experimentation analysis workflows
-Comfortable with working in cloud environment such as AWS (ec2, emr, Redshift, Sagemaker)
-Excellent communication skills to convey complex technical concepts and information to both technical and non-technical audiences

Plus

-Industry experience with credit risk analysis and underwriting principles
-Data engineering experience and data pipeline tooling (Airflow, Spark)
-Experience working with customers to identify problems and provide solutions
-Familiarity with NLP concepts and practical application on text data
-Experience deploying models into production environment (Sagemaker, MLFlow, Kubeflow)
-Kaggle Master / Grandmaster

Benefits:

– Mission driven company focused on giving equal everyone equal access to finance
– We invest heavily in our team and strive to provide a supportive work culture
– Flexible work policy from our global offices (when open) or remote
– Innovative engineering and product culture
– Inclusion and diversity as a company priority
– Founder-led company
– Inclusive stock option plans
– Competitive compensation packages
– Comprehensive benefits (including 100% healthcare, dental, vision and 401k)
– Additional benefits include home office reimbursements

Salary: $140,000 – $200,000 USD