Director of Data Science

Figure is looking for a Director of Data Science to build and lead our world class data science team to drive rapid growth across all of Figure’s products and services. We are looking for a leader, a driver and an innovator, ready to jump in and work hands on while continuing to build our growing data science team in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Each member of the Data Science team plays an integral part of what we are building at Figure. We rely on advanced techniques in machine learning, cloud platforms and big data to drive decisions across the organization. If you are interested in working with an impressive team of Data pros who collaborate and challenge each other, and want to solve interesting problems to propel the company’s growth, apply now!

What You’ll Get To Do

• Make data insights a common currency that drives and guides Figure’s strategies and tactical operations – all informed via sophisticated analyses and data solutions that are simple to use and are easily consumable by non-data scientists.
• Lead, mentor, and grow our world class data science team. We’re all extremely technical and hands on with data - you should be too!
• Leverage vast amounts of data to build predictive modeling and machine learning models that increase and optimize customer experiences, customer acquisition, underwriting and other business outcomes.
• Work and communicate with Figure’s executive team as well as stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging data and machine learning to drive business decisions.
• Understand and apply proper risk framework to your analysis and modeling.
• Collaborate cross functionally to deploy models and monitor outcomes.

What We Look For

• 12+ years of hands on Data Science experience building machine learning models and partnering with stakeholders to drive business decisions
• 5+ years experience building and leading Data Science teams
• Expertise and thought leadership in advanced machine learning techniques as well as deploying them with the aim of optimizing a business outcome.
• Credit and Risk modeling experience in consumer finance a plus
• Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis on translating real-life problems into a concrete model development strategy. Blend academic rigor with a sense of pragmatism for rapidly prototyping and delivering solutions.
• Experienced in using Python for analysis and modeling
• Experience applying a wide range of statistical techniques to large data sets, and understanding their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• Experience using web services (AWS, GCP), and distributed data/computing tools (Spark, Map/Reduce, Ray, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary and growth opportunities
• Company quarterly performance based bonus
• Equity stock options package
• Employer funded comprehensive health, vision, dental insurance and wellness program for employees and their dependents
• Employer funded life and disability insurance coverage
• Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care, 401k, and commuter benefits
• Up to 12 weeks paid family leave
• In office, remote, and hybrid work location options
• Home office and technology stipend for those working outside of a traditional office more than 75% of the time
• Flexible time-off plan to empower employees to take the time off that they want and need
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Routine Team swag deliveries!