Data Scientist

Summary

Join Trustly's risk management team and leverage your AI/machine learning expertise to develop cutting-edge models, influence business decisions, and enhance our payment portfolio's performance. Collaborate with ML engineers to deploy models, conduct thorough performance analyses, and contribute to the development and maintenance of risk modeling infrastructure. You will also be responsible for creating data-driven risk prevention strategies and monitoring performance trends. Trustly offers a remote-first culture, allowing you to work from anywhere in Brazil, along with a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental plans, life insurance, meal vouchers, home office allowance, and more. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, fostering a welcoming and equitable work environment. If you are passionate about risk management and AI/ML, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• University degree in mathematics, statistics, data science or another comparable field of study
• Experience with Data Science/Machine Learning and AI
• Experience developing statistical/machine learning/AI models and experiments
• Advanced skills in Python and SQL – Spark and Javascript also nice to have
• Understanding of feature engineering and model development life cycle
• Must have solid English skills to be able to communicate with English-speaking business stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Develop new novel and state of the art AI/machine learning models to support risk strategies
• Recommend data-driven, risk-based business decisions to positively impact KPIs across Trustly's payment portfolio
• Conduct analysis to measure model performance, compare performance across multiple models, and influence model strategy and selection decisions
• Collaborate with ML Engineers to deploy AI/ML models and strategies in Trustly's decision engine
• Explore raw source data, feature research and engineering, supporting decision capabilities
• Support development and maintenance of risk modeling infrastructure, working closely with ML Engineers and ML Ops
• Develop data and business-driven risk prevention rules and strategies
• Monitor risk and decisions trends and performances, provide ongoing optimization adjustments as needed

Preferred Qualifications

It will be a plus if you have risk experience in financial services, fintechs or similar industry

Benefits

• Bradesco health and dental plan, for you and your dependents, with no co-payment cost
• Life insurance with differentiated coverage
• Meal voucher and supermarket voucher
• Home Office Allowance
• Wellhub - Platform that gives access to spaces for physical activities and online classes
• Trustly Club - Discount at educational institutions and partner stores
• English Program - Online group classes with a private teacher
• Extended maternity and paternity leave
• Birthday Off
• Flexible hours/Home Office - our culture is remote-first! You can work in every city in Brazil
• Welcome Kit - We work with Apple equipment (Macbook Pro, iPhone) and we send many more treats! Spoiler alert: Equipment can be purchased by you according to internal criteria!
• Annual premium - As a member of our team, you are eligible to receive an annual bonus, at the company's discretion, based on the achievement of our KPIs and individual performance
• Referral Program - If you refer a candidate and we hire the person, you will receive a reward for that!