Remote Senior Data Scientist, Business Finance

Summary

Join StackAdapt as we continue to expand our data science efforts. We are searching for a talented Data Scientist to build models to predict and optimize internal business operations, such as identifying customers who are likely to contribute significantly to company revenue or predicting churn.

Requirements

• Have a Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related field, with dual degrees a plus
• Have the ability to take an ambiguously defined task, and break it down into actionable steps
• Have a comprehensive understanding of statistics, optimization and machine learning
• At least 4 years experience in Finance Data Science
• Bring an analytical mind to the work blending data science and internal business operations and analytics
• Are proficient in coding, data structures, and algorithms

Responsibilities

• Build predictive and optimization models to guide company resourcing decisions
• Build credit limit and collection decisioning models to support company financial health
• Make Data Science modeling accessible to non-experts through usage of the right tools for typical prediction tasks
• Support in the modeling of annual and long range revenue planning
• Implement time series forecasting to predict revenue from clients, especially when it is likely to grow or decrease
• Prototype potential algorithms and pipelines, test them using historical data, and iterate to modify based on insights
• Write production code, sometimes collaborating with Data Engineers, to implement the novel ML algorithms in production

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity
• RRSP/401K matching
• 3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
• Access to a comprehensive mental health care platform
• Health benefits from day one of employment
• Work-from-home reimbursements
• Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
• Robust training and onboarding program
• Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
• Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
• Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
• An awesome parental leave policy