Data Scientist

Company: Collabera
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: March 8, 2025

Job Description:

Client - Banking/Finance

For a complete understanding of this opportunity, and what will be required to be a successful applicant, read on.
Title - Lead Data Scientist -
Type - Long Term Contract -
Location - Jersey City, NJ OR Irving, TX OR Tampa, FL
Job Description

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• This a development position for establishing and implementing new or revised applications and programs in the Technology team.
  
• As part of this role, you will be responsible for data extraction and data analysis from structured and unstructured sources.
  
• You will develop systems to clean results to build predictive and prescriptive models and implement them in a production environment by partnering with technology and business partners.
  
• You will have to address complex problems involving financial data with specific focus on credit risk management.
  
• You will have to have open and adaptive mindset to learn new and advanced models in LLM and GenAI and bring in innovative solutions to complex business problems.
  
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  Responsibilities:
  
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  • As a Data Scientist Lead, you will be involved in Develop plans and coordinate with teams for all analytical efforts.
    
  • Manage deliverables in a agile environment and maintain clear communication with all model stakeholders.
    
  • Present status, issues, and analytical findings to various audience groups like business, technology management, risk review, model governance, etc.
    
  • Data modelling and cleaning from internal and external sources.
    Build predictive and prescriptive models by manipulating and cleaning results.
    
  • Develop, manage, and deploy analytical solutions using Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Large Language Models to production systems using technology SDLC process.
    
  • Implement features through the Machine Learning -lifecycle (Development, Testing, Training, Production, Monitoring/Evaluation) to ensure scalability and reliability.
    
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    Qualifications:
    
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    • PhD or master's degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or related field.
      
    • 5+ years of industry experience as a data scientist, specializing in Data Modeling, Ranking, Recommendations, or Personalization systems.
      
    • 5+ years of experience designing and developing scalable and reliable machine learning systems for training, inference, monitoring, and iteration.
      
    • Strong background of -Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms, model architectures, and training techniques.
      
    • Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, PySpark, TensorFlow or other analytical/model-building programming languages.
      
    • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
      

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