Data Scientist

At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption. We're a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Join us and help make the world a safer place!

Job Overview:

Do you have an affinity for the 11th and 18th letters in the alphabet? Are no labels needed? At Silent Eight, Data Scientists work with unstructured and semi-structured data to solve challenging problems and keep criminals from accessing capital markets. You will work directly with customers and cross-functional teams to document the entire PoV process including; data preparation, model development, analysis techniques, and results. You will communicate these findings and recommendations to stakeholders, effectively conveying the product's value and report how it met PoV success criteria. You will conduct the analysis of the data using the selected models and algorithms. Interpret the results, draw insights, and provide meaningful conclusions that demonstrate the feasibility and potential of the proposed solution. The ability to work autonomously is required, it's not just our models that are unsupervised.

Key Duties:

Understand the success criteria of the PoV and collaborate with customers and stakeholders to clarify requirements, and identify the data needed for analysis
Gather and prepare the relevant data required for the PoV and help optimize Silent Eight solutions to improve the solve rate as per success criteria
Select appropriate algorithms and models based on the problem and available data
Develop and implement models, fine-tuning parameters, and optimizing performance to achieve the desired outcome
Collaborate with professional service teams to ensure a smooth transition from the PoV to a professional service team
Research and develop new methodologies and techniques to improve the overall effectiveness of risk management
Mine and analyze massive amounts of unique internal and external data to gain deep business knowledge and insight on customer activity and behaviors and their relationships with fraud, and other types of behaviors
Design and analyze experiments to verify product hypothesis and direction
Set worldwide standards for identifying money laundering and terrorism financing events
Hone your NLP and text analysis skills to a master level
Learn from Subject Matter Experts (financial crime, machine learning, software architecture and more)
Other duties as assigned

Modern Technology Stack:

Work methodology: Scrum
Main technologies: Python 3, SQL,
Tools used: Flask, Pandas, PySpark, nltk, gRPC, Jupyter Notebooks, Docker
Build server: Jenkins, GitLab
Database: PostgreSQL
Code reviews: GitLab
Issue tracking tool: Jira
Knowledge repository: Confluence, Google Drive
Operating system: Linux
Freedom to choose tools: Yes
Requirements:

Expertise in Python, Pyspark, NLP Libraries
Statistics and machine learning
Translate complex, technical concepts into actionable, high-level business ideas
Linux environment (Bash) and continuous integration will get you extra points
Being authorized to work in the country for which you are applying
Our culture

You will be co-creating our business solutions

We believe that your feedback allows us to create the best solutions as well as adjusted work culture. You will have a real impact on the growth of the company and the product we develop.

Experienced team

We aren't your run-of-the-mill tech start-up. At Silent Eight, everyone is a leader in their own field with perspective and experience shared across teams and departments.

Development-centric

Because learning never ends, we empower our employees to invest in themselves. We provide a range of resources such as paid Development Days, in-house training, lunch-and-learns, etc. to make sure our employees are continuing to grow each day.

Team building events

We know that our success is only possible if we work together as a team. We are a group of passionate individuals united by a common mission. Therefore we like to meet together regularly to connect not just as coworkers, but as human beings, whether it's at an offsite in Dubai or a weekly "Tea Time" to catch up.

100% remote work forever

We are not new to working remotely. In fact, we've been doing it since 2013 and we know how to make you feel supported, connected, and included. We believe that the freedom to choose where you work from is important to finding the journey that is right for you.

Don't wait! Join our team today!

Silent Eight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ****** orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.