WEX Inc is a fast-growing company focused on optimizing risk solutions and models. They are seeking a Fraud / Credit Data Scientist to employ data science methodologies to develop solutions that inform decision-making and manage credit, collections, and fraud risk throughout the client’s life-cycle.
Learn from stakeholders and leaders on how to connect a business problem to data-driven solutions to measure and monitor risk across the firm’s products and services
Leverage a broad spectrum of advanced statistical and machine learning methods and technologies to design flexible, scalable, and automated modeling solutions
Develop code and automated processes to combine and transform large volumes of data from disparate sources, to extract informative patterns
Keep abreast with emerging trends in machine learning and identify opportunities to leverage new tools to solve problems and improve processes
Synthesize findings into actionable insights and articulate them to the appropriate stakeholders
Proactively identify and communicate challenges, opportunities, and risks associated with project work to ensure timely completion of the entire product
Qualification
Required
1 to 3 years of hands-on experience in data science, machine learning, or artificial intelligence, preferably in fintech/ financial services industry
Excellent analytical, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to tackle complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions
Master's or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, Computer Science
Advanced knowledge of SQL and experience creating and managing large datasets to organize and extract useful information
Working knowledge of Python or R and experience with data science libraries such as lightgbm, scikit-learn, pandas, numpy etc
Strong communication and presentation skills with an ability to relate complex analytics findings to business outcomes
Adaptable and comfortable working collaboratively and independently in a self-starting manner
Evidence of creative problem solving, critical thinking and a continual learning mindset
Preferred
Prior experience building machine learning risk models in payment processing
Knowledge of data attributes and coverage of risk-factors for credit, fraud or other risk domains
Experience using cloud environments to develop advanced models, such as AWS Sagemaker
Experience with end–to-end machine learning systems and MLOps framework
Benefit
Health, dental and vision insurances
Retirement savings plan
Paid time off
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being.
WEX is a financial technology service provider for fleet, travel and healthcare industries.
