Data Scientist, Pricing

The Role

We are seeking a Data Scientist to join our Pricing team in the Lending Organization. This is an exciting role for someone to make a direct impact on the revenue of SoFi. As a data scientist in our Pricing team, you will be working closely with a world-class team of business leaders and data scientists to help SoFi develop, implement, and analyze pricing strategies across our consumer lending products

What you’ll do:

• Partner with internal teams to define pricing strategy requirements, ensuring accurate execution and maintaining a robust audit trail.
• Improve algorithm performance, conduct code reviews, maintain system functionality, and develop systematic validation and new processes to enhance deployment reliability and accuracy.  
• Work closely with Engineering to resolve system issues and ensure successful on-schedule deployment of pricing strategies
• Collaborate with external partners to deliver seamless price execution across affiliate environments.
• Support the creation of dashboards and alerts to monitor data pipelines and ensure pricing strategies operate as expected.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance pricing strategies, driving increased revenue and profitability.
• Support ad hoc investigations and analytics requests to inform decision-making.

What you’ll need:

• B.S. or M.S.. in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or related quantitative field is required for this position;
• 2+ years of experience in the Financial Services industry working in the area of risk and data analytics.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; familiarity with Tableau or other data visualization tools is preferred.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy is a must
• Strong relationship-building and collaborative skills

Nice to have:

• Prior experience in data engineering
• Experience with Snowflake, Gitlab, Tableau
• Experience working with product and/or engineering teams 
• Experience in building pricing models/strategies