Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascent Developer Solutions is a leading private lending platform, serving real estate developers nationwide. The Data Scientist plays a crucial role in driving innovation and data-driven decision-making by utilizing advanced analytics, machine learning, and big data technologies to reveal insights and predict trends that shape business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze public records and other real estate data using NLP and machine learning techniques to identify patterns and cluster entities
• Develop methods for evaluating and selecting large language models (LLMs) for deployment
• Build predictive models to identify potential borrowers, likelihood of default, and quality/valuations of properties for lending activities
• Identify new business opportunities through tracking competitor trends and keeping management aware of developer lending market trends and insights
• Assist in fostering a culture of test & learn within the company
• Serve as analytics consultant to a broad variety of line-of-business teams
• Partner with technology teams on product changes and impacts on data/performance
• Mentor junior analysts on various data science techniques

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative field
• 5-7 years of experience in analytical or consulting roles
• Strong data science skills with AI/ML related Python libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras. Conceptual knowledge of LLM's
• Strong knowledge of statistics, hypothesis testing, and setting up experiments
• Must have deployed several models to production
• Exposure to data engineering skills
• Strong communication and partnership skills, effective cross-department collaboration skills
• Self-starter who can work under limited supervision
• Mentoring skills to help develop junior analysts

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus of 20% per year
• Five health plans
• Two dental plans
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Vision coverage
• A 401(k) plan
• Other optional benefits from which to choose

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