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Your outputs, from credit scores and affordability values to segmentations and behavioural features, are consumed by our portfolio teams. You will have a direct impact on the bottom line and work alongside a strong, collaborative team that relies on peer mentoring and continuous learning. This role will report directly to the Head of Data Science and Analytics.\nYou will\n\nAnalyse, transform, augment and build datasets to convert customer, financial and behavioural data into features and dimensions that allow us to more easily and accurately extract insights.\nUse your coding skills to contribute to team tooling and automate processes, so that models and datasets can be consumed reliably in a self-service way by downstream teams.\nDesign and develop customer-level models, including credit scores, affordability, segmentation, churn and retention, and other behavioural models, that inform decisions across other teams\nAnalyse end user requirements to understand what our stakeholders, particularly the Portfolio and Portfolio Strategy teams, need, and translate those needs into deliverables you can support.\nDerive and communicate insights to stakeholders across the business.\nYou will need\n\nA bachelor's degree with a strong quantitative component (e.g. Economics, Physics, Engineering, Software engineering, etc.).\nMinimum 3-5 years of experience in a similar data science or analytics role, ideally in fintech or another data-rich environment.\nExperience in at least two prior roles, ideally across two or more industries - we value the perspective that a range of backgrounds brings to the team.\nStrong data wrangling skills using SQL and Python.\nStrong modelling skills using sklearn, h2o, pytorch, etc\nA collaborative mindset - you enjoy working closely with peers, sharing what you learn and learning from others.\nAn ability to interpret problems, and simplify them to their essentials.\nThe desire to innovate, be creative and work on challenging problems.\nComfort with basic software development practices such as git and version control, sufficient to produce reliable, self-serviceable outputs.\nBonus if you have\n\nExperience working in fintech, specifically with lending products.\nExperience working with cloud computing.\nPersonal projects you have worked on that you can showcase.\nExperience building customer-level models such as credit scores, affordability, segmentation or churn/retention.\nExperience in communicating complex concepts simply and clearly.\nWe ask a lot of each other at JUMO, but we give a lot too.\n\nYou will love\n\nCollaborating with smart, engaging people in an inspiring work environment\nWorking for impact\nGrowing and learning continuously, with loads of encouragement and support\nBoldly taking risks as we navigate new challenges\nFlexible work practices enabling your best delivery\nBeing autonomous and empowered to lead\nA stack of leading-edge technologies\nRemote First\n You will be based in South Africa. 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