Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascent Developer Solutions is a leading private lending platform, serving real estate developers nationwide. The Data Scientist plays a crucial role in driving innovation and data-driven decision-making by utilizing advanced analytics, machine learning, and big data technologies to reveal insights and predict trends that shape business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Analyze public records and other real estate data using NLP and machine learning techniques to identify patterns and cluster entities
- Develop methods for evaluating and selecting large language models (LLMs) for deployment
- Build predictive models to identify potential borrowers, likelihood of default, and quality/valuations of properties for lending activities
- Identify new business opportunities through tracking competitor trends and keeping management aware of developer lending market trends and insights
- Assist in fostering a culture of test & learn within the company
- Serve as analytics consultant to a broad variety of line-of-business teams
- Partner with technology teams on product changes and impacts on data/performance
- Mentor junior analysts on various data science techniques
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in quantitative field
- 5-7 years of experience in analytical or consulting roles
- Strong data science skills with AI/ML related Python libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras. Conceptual knowledge of LLM's
- Strong knowledge of statistics, hypothesis testing, and setting up experiments
- Must have deployed several models to production
- Exposure to data engineering skills
- Strong communication and partnership skills, effective cross-department collaboration skills
- Self-starter who can work under limited supervision
- Mentoring skills to help develop junior analysts
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus of 20% per year
- Five health plans
- Two dental plans
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Vision coverage
- A 401(k) plan
- Other optional benefits from which to choose
Company Overview
AscentDS is a private loan and institutional debt platform that provides tailored financing solutions. It was founded in 2024, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.ascentds.com/.