Freelance ML Data Scientist (Payments, Credit & Fraud)
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Location
Berlin
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
Negotiable
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Contact:
Adam Akhtar
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Contact email:
a.akhtar@ioassociates.eu
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Job ref:
BBBH163932_1752157941
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Duration:
6 months
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Startdate:
ASAP
Freelance ML Data Scientist (Payments, Credit & Fraud)
| NEW FULLY-REMOTE FREELANCE OPPORTUNITY:
I'm supporting a leading global credit / payments company within Financial Services in their search for a fully-remote (EU) Freelance Data Scientist with strong skills rooted in engineering.
You'll work on a freelance basis for a 6 month project (extension possible) in a cross-functional role across Product Insight, Fraud, Consumer Analytics and Credit risk, deploying data-driven solutions which will impact hundreds of thousands of users.
Responsibilities:
- Perform thorough analysis into product performance, user behaviour and risk metrics, supporting strategic decision making
- Improve existing model pipelines and data tools using internal MLOps platform
- Present technical recommendations (excellent technical stakeholder management skills are required for this)
- Test, develop and deploy ML models with application to fraud detection, consumer segmentation and credit scoring
- Help in defining KPIs with Product teams and push product development through your data driven insights.
Tech stack:
- Python (advanced), SQL (advanced), R (beneficial), Docker (nice to have)
- Must bring advanced skills in Snowflake and/or BigQuery, AWS, Looker
- Jupyter, Git, Airflow, dbt - Significant prior exposure
- scikit-learn, XGBoost, NumPy, PyMC3 / Bayesian modelling skills, pandas, NumPy tool-kits
Other Requirements:
- Must bring 3-5+ yrs of experience in Data Science / Engineering / ML
- SQL & Python data manipulation and modelling skills
- Agile, cross-functional - team player
- Based and eligible to work in EU (Germany / Swiss - preferred)
- Must have experience deploying models in production environments
Nice to have:
- Relevant background in e-commerce, credit risk or fraud prevention
- Experience freelancing and working remotely
- Adept in Looker, Airflow or dbt
This is a fantastic, hot opportunity to work with real-world data and impact end-users directly in a fast paced environment.
Apply now or reach out to Adam Akhtar (iO Associates) for further information!
