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For almost 40 years, we have provided impartial views to support our customers’ strategic plans and investment decisions.\nAt BMI, we’re proud of the work we do to help our clients manage risks and opportunities in global markets, which began in 1984 and continues to this day. By stepping into a role here, you will help shape the strategic decisions of the world’s leading organizations. As a member of our team, your role will go beyond conventional boundaries. You will collaborate with industry experts, thought leaders, and visionary executives, collectively working towards shaping the future of businesses that span a multitude of sectors. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we continuously strive to offer our colleagues a great place to work, with opportunities to learn, innovate, develop their careers, and serve the community.\nWant to learn more about a career at BMI? Visit: https://careers.fitch.group/content/BMI/\nAbout the Team\nBMI's team integrates cross-domain expertise (Economics, Politics, 20+ industries, ESG, Commodities) and computer science to create systematic country risk analytics that are transparent and can be validated. We build and maintain robust models that our customers use to identify and manage country risks.\nJoining as a Data Scientist to support risk research and analysis, you will help shape the strategic decisions of the world’s leading organizations. Candidates will have the opportunity to explore, analyze, and write about our proprietary risk data for different use cases and aid in product development. As a member of our team, your role will go beyond conventional boundaries. You will collaborate with experts across risk management and other domains.\nAs a Data Scientist, you will design, build, and deploy quantitative models that power advanced analytics and insights for our clients. You will work closely with country analysts, industry analysts, economists, political scientists, data scientists, and backend developers to deliver interpretable, scalable solutions. Your expertise will help us innovate and adapt our modeling frameworks to address diverse customer needs in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.\nHow You’ll Make an Impact:\nPrototype and test new approaches for extracting insights from structured and unstructured data for our core customer base - Corporates, Banks, Professional Services, and Asset Managers\nDevelop and maintain robust ML and data pipelines for experimentation and deployment.\nDesign, build, and optimize risk models for analytics and generative AI applications using our proprietary NLP data generation process.\nCollaborate cross functionally with Economists, Industry Analysts, Political Scientists, and Developers.\nExplain ML/NLP model outputs and methodologies to non-technical stakeholders.\nYou May be a Good Fit if:\nSubstantial experience querying, cleaning, compiling, and analyzing big data.\nFamiliarity applying various computational social science methods including data mining, data visualization, natural language processing, text analysis, and basic time series forecasting and machine learning models.\nFamiliarity with scenario analysis/stress-testing, simulation analysis, rare event modeling, and stochastic modeling preferred but not required.\nSubstantial experience with Python, R, and relevant libraries (e.g., numpy, pandas, scikit, pytorch, tidyverse, caret, ggplot, etc.).\nProven experience developing, refining, and monitoring NLP models.\nFamiliarity with database management tools and techniques (e.g., SQL, Selenium, S3, Sagemaker, API protocols) is preferred but not required.\nUnderstanding model evaluation methods and metrics.\nAbility to operationalize non-technical ideas into relevant research designs, features, and model outputs.\nFamiliarity with experiment tracking and model management tools (e.g., DVC, Weights & Biases).\nDemonstrated experience with interpretable AI techniques.\nWhat Would Make You Stand Out:\nExposure to different cloud-based data and analytics platforms (e.g. AWS, DataBricks, Snowflake).\nAdvanced degree in a quantitative subject, e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning.\nExperience of software engineering in an enterprise environment.\nThe ability to write production-grade code and to use coding assistants in a responsible manner.\nFamiliarity with DevOps practices and tools.\nHands-on experience with experimentation and model tracking tools (e.g., MLFlow, Weights & Biases).\nDemonstrable impact of technical solutions or projects on decision-making.\nExperience working in fast-paced, agile environments.\nCustomer-facing experience, notably in understanding end user needs and building collaborative relationships.\nWhy Choose Fitch:\nHybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required\nA Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity\nInvesting in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals\nPromoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing\nSupportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively\nInclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe\nDedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community\nFitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent, and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.\nFitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 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