Data Scientist, TIFIN AMP

WHO WE ARE:

TIFIN is a fintech platform backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Franklin Templeton, SEI, Motive Partners and a who’s who of the financial service industry. We are creating engaging wealth experiences to better financial lives through AI and investment intelligence powered personalization. We are working to change the world of wealth in ways that personalization has changed the world of movies, music and more but with the added responsibility of delivering better wealth outcomes.

We use design and behavioral thinking to enable engaging experiences through software and application programming interfaces (APIs). We use investment science and intelligence to build algorithmic engines inside the software and APIs to enable better investor outcomes.

In a world where every individual is unique, we match them to financial advice and investments with a recognition of their distinct needs and goals across our investment marketplace and our advice and planning divisions.

OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT

• Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside to find our genius zones. With self-awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
• Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We value transparency. We communicate with radical candor, authenticity and precision to create a shared understanding. We challenge, but once a decision is made, commit fully.
• I Win for Teamwin. We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and we take full ownership of our work. We inspire each other with our energy and attitude. We fly in formation to win together.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

AMP provides Asset Management firms with unique insights to turbocharge their distribution of fund products through the US Intermediary/advisor-sold channel. It is the first end-to-end digital distribution solution in the industry. Our centralized data platform leverages the combined data from all of our services, which is then enriched with partner and third-party data. We provide insights to asset managers about their target audience and how to best reach that audience. 

We are looking for a Data Scientist that understands fund distribution, the data behind it, and supervised machine learning. The ideal candidate will use their asset management industry experience to drive fund distribution channel optimizations for our clients, and so increase AUM per client and product reach. 

You must be a motivated and tenacious self-starter who is comfortable interpreting technology requirements, based on business requirements, and implementing them with maximum impact to the users. You will be expected to develop technology that minimizes technical debt while maximizing the customer experience. This is a high-impact role on a lean team that is results-and execution-oriented. We are a team of do-ers!

THE ROLE: 

• Design and implement solutions to deliver measurable ROI within our clients’ fund distribution channels
• Develop across the Data Science pipeline, from feature store ETL to batch transform jobs with trained ML models
• Model complex fund distribution  problems and discover insights through the use of statistics, machine learning, and visualization techniques.
• Responsible for creating meaningful data visualizations to communicate results and highlight business impact

WHO YOU ARE:

• 2+ years of data science experience, ideally in the Asset Management or Wealth Advisory industry 
• Proficient with Python and SQL
• Experience with feature engineering and training+tuning ML models.
• AWS Experience (ie Sagemaker, Redshift, S3) 
• Experience with A/B testing, RCTs, or any statistical experiment is a bonus 
• Proficient in managing product development deadlines, overcoming roadblocks, and managing expectations
• Must be able to drive appropriate documentation including requirements and technical documentation
• Bachelor’s in computer science or related field
• Ability to thrive in a highly demanding, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment 
• A top performer with a proactive approach who has a “doer” & problem-solver mentality 
• An exceptional team player with strong communication skills
• A local presence in Denver/Boulder or Charlotte is preferred

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:

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