TrueAccord
Lenexa, KS
51-200 employees
TrueAccord is transforming debt collection into a pathway toward financial health.
Prior Listings
Data Scientist
Data Scientist
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Why TrueAccord?
TrueAccord is a category-defining company. We combine machine learning with a human-based approach to transform debt resolution and to get people on the path towards financial health. Every year, more than 70 million Americans have negative experiences dealing with debt. We are changing this by providing personalized digital experiences that guide lenders and consumers through this challenging financial process.
With a world-class leadership team, passionate team members, and proprietary predictive models trained on years worth of transactional data, TrueAccord is well-positioned to deliver on a huge opportunity: helping millions of consumers to regain and keep their financial footing while lowering the cost of doing business for creditors across many industries.
Team's Mission:
TrueAccord has pioneered a new way of helping consumers deal with debt while safeguarding their credit scores.
Using machine learning models to understand our consumers better, we remove the need for aggressive debt collectors completely, and work with consumers to cure their late debts with customized payment plans. TrueAccord has already helped over 11 million consumers deal with late debt, recovering higher amounts, and faster than traditional debt collectors.
We do this by focusing on an automatically tailored repayment experience and carefully balancing the needs of creditors and debtors. Leading credit providers and debt aggregators, see recoveries in the 80% range vs. collections industry average of 60%.
Your Role:
TrueAccord is looking for a data scientist to join its growing Data Science team.
You will join a team dedicated to creating a data driven culture and improving the efficiency and dependability of the way we make decisions. Our data scientists develop algorithms that enhance the collections process for our consumers, lead automation initiatives in the company and help create insights to better understand our product and performance.
As a team member you will build machine learning models that optimize and elevate our automated debt collection strategy. You will work closely with engineers and product team partners to identify and prioritize machine learning-based projects destined to have the highest impact on external and internal customer experience.
We’re looking for a driven, self-sufficient data scientist who can run with a project from conceptualization to production. You should have an excellent grasp on core machine learning techniques and a product focused mindset. You should be passionate about using data to create positive customer experiences and determined to have a huge impact at TrueAccord.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain machine learning algorithms
- Apply data and algorithmic thinking to address business and domain problems
- Work cross-functionally to identify high impact business needs and translate them into technical requirements
- Manipulate and curate data sets for analysis and model training
You have:
- Advanced degree in statistics, applied mathematics, computer science or equivalent
- Minimum 1-3 years of data science experience, with focus in machine learning
- Strong foundational skills: Python, pandas, SQL
- Hands on experience with machine learning tools, techniques, and frameworks (e.g. sklearn, Tensorflow, etc)
- Ability and desire to educate the rest of the company in data science concepts and techniques
You might also have:
- Strong cross-functional communication skills with technical and non-technical partners
- Solid understanding of experiment design
- Experience with natural language processing techniques
- FinTech background
What TrueAccord offers you + Culture & Benefits
TrueAccord is a distributed company with a major presence in the San Francisco Bay area and Lenexa, KS. We offer a healthy work environment that continuously builds an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is able to develop the best version of themselves. We are a dynamic group of people who are subject matter experts with a passion for change.
We offer:
*** Generous paid time off
*** Paid training
*** We promote work/life harmony
*** Paid holidays
*** Health, dental and vision benefits
*** 401K with matching
Our teams are crafting solutions to big problems every day. If you’re looking for an opportunity to do impactful work, join TrueAccord and make a difference.
Our Dedication to Diversity & Inclusion
TrueAccord is an equal opportunity employer. We promote, value, and thrive with a diverse & inclusive team. Different perspectives contribute to better solutions and this makes us stronger every day. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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