About the job
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Who we are:
At SoFi, we are on a mission to redefine personal finance and empower our members to achieve their financial goals. We are a forward-thinking financial services company and national bank utilizing cutting-edge, mobile-first technology to transform the financial landscape. Join us in making a tangible impact in people's lives while adhering to our core values. Invest in yourself, your career, and the financial future with us.
The Role
The Borrow Data Science team is on the lookout for a Staff Data Scientist to drive growth in our Personal Loans sector by harnessing the power of data. This is an exciting opportunity for an analytical professional to develop comprehensive reporting, uncover growth potential, and construct machine learning models utilizing tools such as Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, and Sagemaker.
In your position as Staff Data Scientist, you will act as a data leader, managing urgent requests while delivering high-quality projects to critical stakeholders through a structured, data-driven approach. You will also be responsible for establishing reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations, fostering a culture of technical ownership, and documenting your methods and insights to promote widespread strategies within the organization. Your analytical deep-dives will proactively identify impactful opportunities and inform future experimentation and product roadmaps.
In this capacity, your expertise in data analysis, statistical modeling, and machine learning will reveal insights that directly contribute to product strategy and revenue enhancement. This role necessitates a robust technical proficiency (SQL, Python/R, Tableau, Statistics), a thorough understanding of business metrics, A/B testing, causal inference analysis, and excellent collaboration skills.
Moreover, you will engage cross-functionally with teams from engineering, product management, lifecycle marketing, data science, design, operations, finance, risk, legal, compliance, and executive leadership.

