San Mateo, California, United States Hybrid

Achieve is hiring a Staff Data Scientist

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance credit risk models for various lending portfolios.
  • Extract, clean, and manipulate large datasets using SQL and Python; create pipelines and analytics for model and portfolio monitoring.
  • Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify portfolio trends and drivers of loss performance, and provide insights into model deviations.
  • Prepare and maintain forecast deliverables, including monthly/quarterly loss forecasts, stress and scenario analyses, and sensitivity testing.
  • Communicate findings and insights to business stakeholders regarding credit policy assumptions, model health, and emerging portfolio risks.
  • Automate reporting, dashboards, and pipelines to enhance model monitoring, efficiency, and accuracy.
  • Document model methodologies, assumptions, data sources, and results in a clear, audit-ready format consistent with risk governance requirements.
  • Participate in the governance and review of credit model methodologies, support model validation, and liaise with external auditors or regulators as needed.
  • Identify opportunities to improve credit decisioning accuracy, data infrastructure, modeling techniques, and integrate advanced statistical or machine-learning techniques as appropriate.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

We are proudly offering hybrid options in the Phoenix, AZ and San Francisco, CA metro market. We are offering 100% remote work in other approved locations.

We will be unable to facilitate H1-B Visa transfer or sponsorship, along with STEM-OPT Visa.

Required Skills
SQLPythonGCP
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Achieve
Achieve is a leading digital personal finance company that helps everyday people move from struggling to thriving by providing innovative, personalized financial solutions including personal loans, home equity loans, debt consolidation, financial tools and education.
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Department Data and Analytics
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Posted 3 months ago