Senior Analytic Scientist

FICO•Novato, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

FICO is seeking a Senior Analytic Scientist to develop and support analytics solutions in the credit risk space. The role works with real-world data, statistical methods, and computational algorithms to build analytic models and tools. The position oversees project teams and coordinates with other FICO teams to support the integration and deployment of analytics software and solutions. The scientist also supports model launches through production data validation and analysis, investigates and resolves issues with clients, analyzes model behavior using data-mining methods, and may provide post-implementation support. This is a hybrid role based in Novato, California: employees must work onsite at least 3.5 days per week, with the remaining time eligible for remote work.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or another natural science field.
Senior-level hands-on experience building predictive models and mining data.
Experience building B2C or B2B analytic solutions.
Experience analyzing large datasets and applying data-cleaning techniques and statistical analysis.
Demonstrated experience with at least two of the following: R, SQL, SAS, Java, Python, C++, or C.
Proven experience leading project teams and mentoring junior team members.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with U.S. Credit Bureau data (highly preferred).
Experience with analytic techniques such as neural networks, logistic regression, non-linear regression, random forests, decision trees, support vector machines, and linear/non-linear optimization (highly preferred).
Prior experience working with financial, banking, or consumer lending data.

Responsibilities

Work with large amounts of real-world data and ensure data quality throughout acquisition and processing, including data collection, normalization, and transformation.
Research and select appropriate statistical methods and computational algorithms.
Oversee project teams building analytic models and tools using statistical modeling techniques.
Manage projects under time constraints and work with other FICO teams to support the integration and deployment of analytics software and solutions.
Assist with model go-lives by performing production data validations and analyzing models in production.
Assist with client meetings to investigate and resolve problems.
Apply data-mining methodology to thoroughly analyze model behavior.
Support customer meetings, model construction, and pre-sales.
Participate in post-implementation support as needed.