CareerPlan

Senior Data Scientist (Applied ML)

NerdWallet USRemoteFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-09
Remote

Core

Lead the development of production-grade machine learning solutions for consumer personalization, predictive modeling, and performance marketing to drive business growth and customer engagement.

Role type

Senior hands-on individual contributor applied machine learning engineer

Builds

Production ML models for customer lifetime value, lead scoring, and recommendation engines

Domain

Financial services / Applied Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Applied machine learning, Databricks, MLflow, Python, SQL, supervised learning, predictive modeling, scalable inference systems, software engineering fundamentals, business acumen

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Databricks, MLflow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end development of advanced ML models for LTV and conversion propensity; Develop recommendation and ranking models for financial products; Establish best-in-class ML practices including experiment tracking and model monitoring; Design experiments to measure incremental business impact; Mentor practitioners and influence architectural decisions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC