Principal Data Scientist
matchpointNew York, NY
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Principal Data Scientist
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Base pay range
$180,000.00/yr - $210,000.00/yr
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Location:
On site / Hybrid Cities include: San Francisco CA, New York, Chicago, IL Scottsdale, AZ
Onsite: 30 mins in candidate location
Role Overview:
Hands‑on Principal Data Scientist responsible for designing, building, deploying, and maintaining production machine‑learning models in financial services.
Key Responsibilities70–100% hands‑on coding and model development
Build & deploy ML models into production
Maintain & triage production models (performance, accuracy, failures)
Work cross‑functionally with Product, ML, DS, and Customer Analytics teams
Provide internal and external thought leadership
Help scale the data science organization
Work with large datasets (only 1–2 models deployed per year, but high‑impact) Required Technical Skills Must‑havesPySpark or Scala
Python
SQLIndustry / Experience RequirementsUnderstanding of banking regulations
Deep experience with production ML models and risk modeling
Financial services background
Risk model experience
Triaging model performance issues
AWS ML/SageMaker production model deploymentSeniority levelExecutiveEmployment typeFull‑timeJob functionFinance
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JOB OVERVIEW
Salary
$180,000 per year
Experience level
Senior
Location
New York, NY
Occupation
Data Scientists
Industry
Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
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