Principal Data Scientist (Singapore)

THE ROLE (SINGAPORE)

Visionet Internasional Singapore is looking for Principal Data Scientists and Senior Data Scientists who will bring impact to accelerate financial inclusion in Indonesia. We are looking for passionate top performing team players to join our Singapore team and build a leading fintech business in Southeast Asia. We are in an expansion mode and the Singapore office is newly set up to accelerate the aspiration of OVO in the region.

The data scientists will be working with colleagues from the Financial Services business in every major area (loans, insurance, investments, financial insights, external data acquisition, tech, and product). This will be a cross-functional role as the strategic smart engine to help drive profitability for the Financial Services business and hence promote financial and social inclusion in the markets.
 
Responsibilities:
Principal Data Scientists: Lead a team to create the best in class analytics-as-a-service model be it Consumer Credit, Merchant Credit, Insurance and the likes.

All data science roles:
  • Utilize big data and machine learning to build predictive models including but not limited to customer acquisition, credit risk, fraud, financial insights, etc.
  • Invent new science to solve complex problems so as to lead the market in product innovation.
  • Work with multiple, complex data sources (financial, psychometric, transactional etc.) at large scale.
  • Perform thorough testing and validation of models and support various aspects of the business with data analytics.
  • Evaluate available data sources and propose strategic acquisition or creation of new data sources to assist ongoing problem resolution. 
  • Identify new data sources/patterns that add significant lift to predictive modelling capabilities.
 
Requirements:
  • Minimum 3-5 years of coding, machine learning, large-scale data science, AI and statistics direct experience. Formal advance education in machine learning, AI, computer science, engineering preferred. 
  • Past experience in alternative credit bureau design and building solutions for financial institutions will be highly valuable.
  • Background in fintech, credit risk and/or especially lending/investment/insurance space will be an advantage
  • Highly technical in both platforms and techniques are expected. 
  • Excellent communication skills in English required. Bahasa Indonesia an added advantage.
  • Passionate in business success through data and algorithms. Creative with new ideas to improve decisions. Self-motivated and a good team player, who is not afraid to take risks and try new things

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