Senior Data Scientist, Credit Strategy

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · Cottonwood Heights, UT · Engineering

Senior Data Scientist at SoFi focused on credit strategy for lending products. Responsibilities include analyzing data, developing credit risk models and strategies, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing the data ecosystem. Requires expertise in consumer lending, credit strategy, analytical modeling, programming (SQL, Python, Excel), data analysis, machine learning, and fintech risk domain knowledge.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work in the Credit team to analyze and evaluate data to develop and propose value-added credit risk strategies and models for SoFi's lending products, including Personal Loan, Student Loan Refinance, Private Student Loan, and Credit Card.
  2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Business Units Capital Markets, Product and Engineering, and use business knowledge and quantitative and analytical skills to drive revenue, control risk, and provide value to the company and consumers.
  3. Architect the pre-screen and underwriting strategies.
  4. Utilize deep analysis to power the future of lending with an optimal real-time data ecosystem - including multi-product, internal, bureau, third-party, and alternative data sources and uses.
  5. Responsible for innovation and embrace data-driven decisions.

Skills

Required

  • Consumer Lending Domain Expertise
  • Credit Strategy Analytical Lifecycle
  • Analytical Models
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Excel
  • Decisions
  • Regression
  • A/B testing
  • Data analysis
  • Machine learning
  • Fintech and Risk Domain Knowledge
  • Data Visualization
  • Experimentation strategies

What the JD emphasized

  • Consumer Lending Domain Expertise
  • Credit Strategy Analytical Lifecycle
  • Analytical Models
  • Programming & Analytical Tools (SQL, Python and Excel)
  • Analytical & Modeling Techniques (Decisions, Regression, A/B testing)
  • Data analysis and machine learning
  • Fintech and Risk Domain Knowledge
  • Tools for Data Visualization
  • Experience defining experimentation strategies