Lead Data Scientist - Risk & Fraud - remote friendly

Milan

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Qonto

A business account - and much more. ✓ Invoicing ✓ Bookkeeping ✓ Expense management ✓ Financing | 7/7 customer support

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Our mission? To create the finance solution that energizes SMEs and freelancers, so they can achieve more. We simplify everything from everyday banking and financing, to bookkeeping and spend management. At Qonto, we are passionate about creating the best product, one with a strong impact and a great user experience. So, if you’re looking for an ambitious team that’s modernizing a dusty industry thanks to design and technology combined with great customer care, get in touch! Find out more about the Qonto Way here.
Alexandre and Steve launched Qonto in July 2017, and the team has achieved great things since then:- Market leader for online SME banking in Europe- 220,000 SME clients- Outstanding customer satisfaction (App Store | Google Play | TrustPilot)- Recognized as one of the best startups to work for (LinkedIn | Glassdoor)- €622 million raised so far with a €4.4 billion valuation after Series D- International investors including Valar, Alven, Tencent, DST Global, Tiger Global, TCV, Alkeon, Eurazeo, KKR, Insight Partners- 4 offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Barcelona- And 600+ happy Qontoers building a finance solution businesses love to use
Our values:- Ambition | We tackle big challenges. No matter what- Teamwork | We create momentum by working together, at the same speed- Mastery | We pursue excellence through continuous learning. We face challenges with humility. Every day- Integrity | We're open. We're honest. And we earn the trust of our clients and each other
Software Engineers at Qonto craft polished user experiences, highly scalable APIs, and robust banking services, all to help create the finance solution all businesses love. We deliver a top-quality product at a fast pace.
To follow Qonto's ambition in terms of data we created the Data Department, handling Data Analysis, Engineering, and Science. The data department has grown from 5 to 30+ people within two years (and we're still hiring)!
Within the Data department, the Data Products Team (12+) is an applied machine learning (ML) team with a focus on delivery.
As a Lead Data Scientist - Fraud/Risk Team, you will be collaborating closely with Simon, our Senior Lead Data Products. You will lead and grow the Fraud/Risk Team in charge of the fraud detection and risk scoring models at Qonto. The Machine Learning systems you’ll release will interact with every transaction within our payment institution: this is one of the most challenging and high-impact machine learning issue in our sector as a FinTech company.
👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As a Lead Data Scientist - Fraud & Risk at Qonto, you will
• Recruit, build and manage a team of 3 to 6 applied Data Scientists• Foster collaboration with Engineering and Product leads to define a vision and strategy for your team• Work hand-in-hand with Fraud, Risk & Compliance stakeholders• Drive the delivery of your team to reach business objectives• Ensure high quality by establishing and using the best engineering practices• Hire the best talents to build a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive team culture• Orient and support your team through regular feedback, 1:1 sessions, pairing sessions, mentoring, and quarterly progress reviews• Design, build, test, document, run, review and maintain production code in Python• Support a critical service used by tens of thousands of users on a daily basis
🤔 What you can expect
• Join the team that is winning SME banking in Europe. Qonto is on track to power one million SMEs in 2025.• Work in a fast-paced environment with a strong focus on quality• Build and improve features used by 220K+ clients across Europe• Participate in the decision-making process, based on qualitative/quantitative data.• Keep learning and improving: 4 weeks dedicated to specific training, budget for 1 conference every year and for books, online training..., and practices showcasing continuous improvement• Share knowledge among the whole tech and product team (Internal and external talk, Weekly meetings, Tech Monthly) and the community (articles, Meetups)
🏅 About You
• User-focused and outcome-oriented: You want to solve high-impact business problems and deliver value to our users in production• Leadership: Through your past leadership experience, you demonstrated your ability to help people grow and work together on successful projects• Team Player: You are able to work collaboratively across departments: giving credible ETAs and meeting them, helping others…• Communication skills: You have effective communication skills, to build alignment and articulate purpose. As a remote-first team, good writing is key• Mastery: You have strong industry experience applying machine learning to fraud problems and building ML models for production. You care about the craft and champion high standards• Language: You are fluent in English🎁 Perks
You got it: helping you succeed is our #1 priority. We have put together several perks to make your life easier and more will be added as Qonto grows further 🤗
• Office & Team Life- A central fully-renovated building in Milan Duomo with WeWork services- Monthly team events, and specific budget to organize team offsite- Free coffee and a budget allocated to managers for small team events- The latest equipment from Apple
• Qonto’s benefits- Tailor-made Remote Policy- A competitive salary package- 22 days off + paid hours off (mini 4 days)- An Edenred meal card- Partnership with Urban Sports Club- 50% public transportation reimbursement- Fondo Est health insurance- An inclusive environment with a real focus on parity (40% of our teams are women)- Access to Busuu, a digital platform to improve your language skills- Access to Moka Care, a digital platform to take care of your mental health- Career tracks that can match all expectations (Expert, Lead, or Manager tracks): we believe in our Qontoers and we want them to progress on their journey at Qonto. And in addition, internal and international mobility is also promoted
💪 Our hiring process:
- A 60 min video call with one of our Talent Acquisition Managers, to better understand your career plan and answer any questions you may have- A 60 min video call with your future manager, to be aligned on expectations on both sides and to talk about how you would work together- A remote exercise to evaluate your skills and give you a taste of what working Qonto could be like- Video calls or onsite interviews with future team members (optional) to help you understand what working at Qonto is like- A final video call or onsite interview with the manager of your future Department
Check this article to learn more about the hiring process and we will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.On average our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

Thank you for considering joining Qonto. We cannot wait to learn more about you! If you want to learn more about us: EconomiaQonto's Blog | FintechDistrict | TechCrunch

Tags: APIs Banking Data analysis Engineering Finance FinTech Machine Learning ML models Python

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