Lead Data Scientist - México

About Us

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we're building.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), we combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human.

Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/  

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven Data Scientist to join our team. This role focuses on applying innovative machine learning methodologies to our risk model and developing causal machine learning approaches for the initial line assignment workflow.

You will be responsible for

• Translate business challenges into specific and well-designed machine learning solutions that meet business requirements;
• Integrate and leverage external data sources to feed our models;
• Ensure the team maintains a high level of technical excellence;
• Contribute to a technical culture in the local team.
• Bring expertise to the team to help design projects across the many areas involved in building machine learning products (training, deployment, data consistency, monitoring, governance, etc.)

We are looking for a person who has

• Strong coding skills Python/Scala or equivalent languages;
• Experimental design skills;
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with business and engineering;
• Good understanding of model development and deployment pipeline;
• Experience with machine learning tools and libraries such as Scikit-learn, Mllib and etc;
• Nice data handling skills, Spark Dataframes, or SQL proficiency is a plus;
• English language proficiency.

Local Benefits 

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves
• Health and life insurance
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• NuLanguage - Our language learning program
• Gym partnership

Work Model for this Role

Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/