Billie

Financial Services

LeadCreditRiskDataScientist

€95–135k ~AI est. Berlin, Germany FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Credit Risk Data Scientist at Billie. Skills: Credit Risk Modeling, Machine Learning, MLOps, Generative AI. Serve as domain expert. Design ML solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Impact Billie's P&L; Drive measurable impact

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Translate business problems; Analytical requirements

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years of Data Science experience, Significant exposure to credit domain, Deep expertise in PD modeling, Scorecard development, Model validation, Production monitoring, Hands-on proficiency in Python, Hands-on proficiency in SQL, Experience with data visualization tools

Nice to Have

Broader experience with LGD, Broader experience with EAD, Broader experience with limit policies, Broader experience with portfolio management, Hands-on experience with graph databases, PhD preferred

What You'll Do.

Serve as domain expert

Productionize ML solutions

Drive technical solutions

Apply advanced AI methodologies

Push credit scoring capabilities

Turn techniques into solutions

Model complex business patterns

Build credit risk models

Identify risk factors

Optimize decision engine logic

Define analytics for problems

Develop hypotheses for experimentation

Synthesize results into insights

Enhance decision engine

Optimize decision engine

Integrate new data sources

Enhance decision engine functionalities

Embed credit risk thinking

Mentor junior Data Scientists

Grow junior Data Scientists

Bring technical perspective to design

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Engineering; Partner with Product; Partner with Data Science; Technical discussions across teams

Communication Scope

Data storytelling

Process & Methodology

Roadmap ownership, Drive initiatives

Full Job Description

We are Billie, the leading provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment methods for businesses, offering B2B companies innovative digital payment services and modern checkout solutions. We are to create a new standard for business payments and have made it our mission to simplify the purchasing experience for all businesses making it a tool for growth. Our solutions are based on proprietary, machine-learning-supported risk models, fully digitized processes and a highly scalable tech platform. This makes us a deep-tech company building financial products, not the other way around. We love building simple and elegant solutions and we strive for automation and scalability. About the Role: As a Lead Data Scientist within the Credit Data Science team, you will serve as a domain expert responsible for the end-to-end design, development, and productionization of robust, scalable machine learning solutions for our credit and portfolio management domain. This role requires a deep understanding of the business and the ability to apply your expertise to the most pressing challenges, driving a direct and measurable impact on Billie's P&L. Reporting directly to the VP of Data Science and based in Berlin, this is a senior technical leadership role; you will own Billie's credit risk modeling domain end-to-end end-to-end, work in close partnership with Engineering, Product, and Data Science peers, and play a central role in shaping and executing on the roadmap for state-of-the-art ML models and applied AI that power our fast-growing business.   In more detail, you will: - Take ownership over one of the most important KPIs leading to Billie’s success, directly impacting our P&L with your expertise. - Drive the technical solution and execution of high-quality, impactful ML solutions across multiple domains within the Data Science team, ensuring project success from conception to production. - Identify and apply advanced AI methodologies to push Billie's credit scoring capabilities b

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