Data Scientist (f/m)
Berlin, Germany, ONSITE, Full time, We support VISA
Job description:
As a data scientist you're positioned at a crucial intersection of the company - infusing human intelligence into machine-learning algorithms. Your day-to-day work will be about translating fuzzy human behavior into clear code, enhancing our algorithms' overall performance. You'll be working alongside risk experts, developers and business stake-holders, reporting directly to the CTO.
Among others, your responsibilities would include:
    -You will design, develop and implement algorithm improvements into our core engine, allowing it to reach new accuracy levels, combining statistical and behavioral machine learning methods
    -You will tackle the most complex data-enrichment challenges requiring a deep understanding of the fraud domain as well as a well-rounded technical skill-set
    -You will identify, acquire and implement new data sources to feed the core engine
Skills &amp; Requirements:
    -You are an excellent communicator that can translate business needs to code and vice versa. You can clearly articulate statistical modeling and machine-learning techniques to non-experts.
    -You have at least a Master's degree in physics, computer science, applied mathematics, engineering or a related field
    -You have at least 5 years of professional work experience, where you were required to solve analytical problems using quantitative approaches. Past experience in Cyber-Security, FinTech or eCommerce is a big plus.
    -A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
    -You have mastered at least one data analysis tool: R, Matlab, or SAS
    -Very good familiarity with relational databases and SQL
    -Experience working with distributed computing tools is a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
    -Experience with C++/GoLang is a big plus
    -Business fluent in English
What we offer:
    -A dynamic, young, highly motivated and international team with flat hierarchies
    -Fun, creative and focused teams committed to learning and problem-solving through collaboration
    -Competitive remuneration package
    -Office located in the heart of Berlin
We are looking forward to receiving your applicatio: REDACTED_EMAIL.
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