Data Scientist

We’re looking for a smart, driven individual to join us as a Sr. Data Scientist in our Bangalore / Bengaluru workspace. We will rely on you to improve our current credit, risk, and fraud decisioning models and to build out our data team. We will also need an applicant that has the ability to work with the leadership team and external partners.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of statistics, machine learning and the demonstrated ability and/or talent to build decisioning models and lead a team. Experience with capital markets and various debt financing strategies, and industry experience in credit and consumer payments is a plus. An ideal candidate will also have strong interpersonal skills and the desire to work with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage Sezzle’s current risk and fraud decisioning models
Analyze and interpret the impact of various credit and risk strategies while working under broader corporate goals
Build existing and potential investor relationships
Provide input on structuring, legal negotiation, and documentation with funding counterparties alongside counsel, finance, and the leadership team
Partner cross-functionally with our product and finance teams to drive strategy and optimize tactics as it relates to risk, credit, and fraud decisioning
Assist our leadership team in building out our financial models for budget and planning
Wide understanding of the choices available to a data decisioning team
Experience building and managing a team
Strong Knowledge of SQL, Python, and/or R
Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment

Ideal Experience & Skills

3+ years of relevant industry experience in data modeling, statistics, credit, and fraud.
Strong Knowledge of SQL, Python, and/or R.
B.E/B.Tech, Masters in Data science or any equivalent degree.

About You

A+ character. We are team-first here at Sezzle.
A hard-working mentality. It’s early and there is still a lot to build.
An excellent communicator.
A fun attitude. Life’s too short. We can have fun while we work hard on cool things.
Smarts. We need people that are smart enough to make decisions on their own and also smart enough to know when they need input from others.

Perks & Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits
Group Medical insurance
Life and long term disability insurance
Collaborative workspace
The opportunity to join fastest-growing startup alongside a team of motivated and driven individuals

About Sezzle

Sezzle is a cutting-edge fintech company whose mission is to financially empower young consumers. Only one in three millennials own a credit card, and the vast majority of millennials possess a subprime credit score or no score at all. To address these problems, Sezzle has built a payment platform that increases purchasing power for consumers by offering interest-free installment plans at online stores. This increase in purchasing power for consumers leads to increased sales and basket sizes for the hundreds of eCommerce merchants that currently work with Sezzle.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome?

At Sezzle, were more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators, we are skilled musicians, yogis, cyclists, chefs, boxers, dog-lovers, and rock-climbers. We believe in surrounding ourselves with not only the best and the brightest individuals, but those that are unique and purpose-driven in all that they do.

Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire