Principal Applied Scientist - Payments
About the Role
As a Principal Applied Scientist specializing in AI and Machine Learning, you will be at the forefront of developing the next generation of risk management and fraud detection systems for Zalando Payments. You will lead the scientific roadmap, working closely with a team of 10-20 applied scientists across various cross-functional teams. Your role will involve driving research and development initiatives, raising the bar for scientific work and documentation, and co-organizing the applied science guild.
Key Responsibilities
- Synergy and Collaboration: Bring synergies among various ML products within the department, ensuring solutions address key customer problems.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Work closely with team leads, product managers, applied scientists, and engineers to identify opportunities and resource requirements for impactful projects. Mentor and train other Applied Scientists.
- Research and Development: Lead research-related solution designs for high-stakes projects. Develop and deploy machine learning algorithms and pipelines, from data collection to implementation and maintenance.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a direct contact for internal and external stakeholders, including upper management, translating their requirements into actionable R&D initiatives.
Qualifications
- Educational Background: Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or similar quantitative fields.
- Industry Experience: 5+ years of experience in the industry with a strong command of Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and big data frameworks like Spark.
- Domain Expertise: Experience within Payments or Fraud detection is desirable.
- Technical Skills: Profound understanding of statistics and machine learning, from simple linear models to neural networks (e.g., LSTM, Transformers).
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present ideas clearly and facilitate decision-making.
Our Offer
- Employee Benefits: Enjoy a range of benefits including an employee shares program, significant discounts on fashion and beauty products, and paid volunteering days.
- Work-Life Balance: Benefit from a hybrid working model, with the flexibility to work remotely for a significant portion of the week and the option to work from abroad for up to 30 days a year.
- Professional Development: Access to a comprehensive training platform and biannual peer-to-peer reviews to drive your development.
- Health and Wellbeing: Access to health and wellbeing options, including Gympass, mental health support, and coaching.
Inclusion and Diversity
At Zalando, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. We assess candidates based on their qualifications and merit.
Join us in shaping the future of fashion and lifestyle e-commerce with cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Employee shares program
- 40% off fashion and beauty products
- 2 paid volunteering days a year
- Hybrid working model
- Work from abroad for up to 30 days a year
- 27 days of vacation
- Relocation assistance
- Family services
- Health and wellbeing options
- Mental health support
- Training platform
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