Lead Data Scientist
Brigit· Data
Hybrid (New York City (Hybrid))$185k - $215k + bonusFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Brigit is a holistic financial health company focused on giving paycheck-to-paycheck Americans access to affordable financial services. The Lead Data Scientist will build and maintain ML models for underwriting, fraud, risk, and payments, owning the full modeling lifecycle and collaborating across Data Science, Analytics, Product, and Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Build, test and roll out new underwriting and risk models to better predict risk
- Own the full modeling lifecycle from conception through to production and realize impact
- Build, test and roll out new or improved models related to fraud and payments
- Contribute to building best practices for feature development, model training and model testing and monitoring
- Analyze how our customer base is shifting as we grow and pinpoint areas for improvement
- Help our existing engineering and business teams achieve cross-functional goals
- Mentor more junior data scientists or aspiring data scientists across the data team
Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience doing data science (modeling + analysis)
- Advanced degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or related field
- Proven expertise in machine learning principles and techniques
- Experience in Python, using sklearn, JupyterLab, pandas, matplotlib, statsmodels, etc.
- Experience in writing complex SQL queries and integrating multiple data sources
- Experience creating training data sets, training models, tuning hyperparameters, performing validation, running A/B tests in production, creating and owning performance and model monitoring
- Experience building classification and prediction models, testing them in a startup environment and iterating to improve their models
- Ability to work effectively and communicate ideas/code in cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product and Business)
- Experience building end-to-end data science solutions from ideation to deployment & AB testing
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Skills
Required:Underwriting and risk modelingFraud and payments modelingMachine learningPythonSQLModel deployment & monitoringCommunication
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO Policy
- 401k plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellbeing benefits including Wellhub and Headspace
- Monthly reimbursements for wifi and cell phone bills
- Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development
- Dynamic, flexible and collaborative startup environment
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Brigit
Get your finances on track.
Brigit is a financial technology company that offers tools and services to help users build credit, save money, and manage their finances effectively. It provides cash advances, credit building, fraud protection, and financial insights.
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