Hands-on Data Scientist

About Pipe

Pipe is building cutting-edge embedded financial solutions to help small businesses and software companies build something bigger. We’re a remote-first team of problem solvers who build and ship at a high velocity. We’re customer obsessed and leave our egos at the door. If this sounds fun, join us!

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on Data Scientist who wants to use Python to implement statistical models for the purposes of credit underwriting, risk management, and forecasting. You will learn a ton about fintech in this role and there are significant career growth opportunities at Pipe. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Working with senior scientists to use statistical modeling to forecast our cash flows and other drivers of business health.
• Designing and building models to optimize the company’s product offerings.
• Proactively exploring datasets to uncover insights, and prototyping new models that provide value to our customers.
• Deploying and monitoring model performance, in close collaboration with engineering.

Qualifications

We are looking for a motivated, curious Data Scientist with the following qualifications:

• Experience developing machine learning models and tasks such as model training, evaluation, and deployment.

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• Proficiency in Python and tools such as NumPy and Pandas to manipulate data.
• Working knowledge of coding tools such as GitHub, VS Code, and similar.
• Sound fundamentals in probability, statistics and machine learning.
• Comfortable collaborating with others and communicating progress, decisions, and results clearly.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in one of: Computer Science, Financial/Applied Math, Statistics, Economics, or a related technical field. Masters is a plus but not required.
• As a bonus, prior experience with credit risk modeling or underwriting would be great.

In general, you will be successful at Pipe if:

• You want to join a quickly growing startup and make an impact.
• You want to be part of a team that holds each other to high standards.
• You have a strong technical foundation, and are passionate about using your toolkit to help our customers succeed.
• You take end-to-end ownership of your work and enjoy working with different functions across the company.

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• You have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• You want to work in an environment that values and rewards excellence.

Many good candidates do not fit job descriptions perfectly. If you believe you are a good fit, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation and Benefits

We are a fully remote company and we believe in taking care of our employees. As a Pipe employee, you’ll receive:

• The best equipment to help you do your job.
• Flexible vacation and work hours. We believe in a healthy work-life balance (really!)
• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous parental leave for anyone who is growing their family, regardless of gender.
• Great colleagues! We value a culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence. We want you to make a mark on our culture.

We are working to build amazing products, and an amazing place to work too.