Trustly

Senior Data Scientist

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Job Description

About the team:
The Risk team is responsible for creating and maintaining risk controls at Trustly, developing machine learning models and data analysis aiming to mitigate risk. Our mission is to create a framework and infrastructure to manage risk and create long term competitive differentiation and value for Trustly.


What you will do:
  • Develop new novel and state of the art AI/machine learning models to support risk strategies;
  • Recommend data-driven, risk-based business decisions to positively impact KPIs across Trustly's payment portfolio;
  • Conduct analysis to measure model performance, compare performance across multiple models, and influence model strategy and selection decisions;
  • Collaborate with ML Engineers to deploy AI/ML models and strategies in Trustly's decision engine;
  • Explore raw source data, feature research and engineering, supporting decision capabilities;
  • Support development and maintenance of risk modeling infrastructure, working closely with ML Engineers and ML Ops;
  • Develop data and business-driven risk prevention rules and strategies;
  • Monitor risk and decisions trends and performances, provide ongoing optimization adjustments as needed.

  • Who you are:
  • University degree in mathematics, statistics, data science or another comparable field of study;
  • Experience with Data Science/Machine Learning and AI;
  • Experience developing statistical/machine learning/AI models and experiments;
  • Risk experience in financial services, fintech or similar industry;
  • Advanced skills in Python and SQL – Spark and Javascript also nice to have;
  • Understanding of feature engineering and model development life cycle;
  • Must have solid English skills to be able to communicate with English-speaking business stakeholders;

  • Our perks and benefits:
  • Bradesco health and dental plan, for you and your dependents, with no co-payment cost;
  • Life insurance with differentiated coverage;
  • Meal voucher and supermarket voucher;
  • Home Office Allowance;
  • Wellhub - Platform that gives access to spaces for physical activities and online classes;
  • Trustly Club - Discount at educational institutions and partner stores;
  • English Program - Online group classes with a private teacher;
  • Extended maternity and paternity leave;
  • Birthday Off;
  • Flexible hours/Home Office - our culture is remote-first! You can work in every city in Brazil;
  • Welcome Kit - We work with Apple equipment (Macbook Pro, iPhone) and we send many more treats! Spoiler alert: Equipment can be purchased by you according to internal criteria!;
  • Referral Program - If you refer a candidate and we hire the person, you will receive a reward for that!