Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Mission

The Data Scientist aims to add value to the risk area from the database available in Kushki, through transactional analysis, identification of fraud patterns, establishment of prevention, strategies, Improve acceptance rates, achieving reduction of potential losses due to the materialization of fraud in our stores, boxes of boards with the KPIs of the area, support in the quality of the data in our database and generate alerts for the work of other areas.

Principal functions

• Reports, Alerts, Analysis

• Fraud Strategies

• Data management for risk proposals

• Improved acceptance

• Automations

Requirements

• Professional in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, related.

• Experience in data analysis and use of statistical software (R, Python)

• Experience in fraud analysis and prevention (preferred)

• Data analysis and use of statistical software (R, Python)

• Experience in Power BI and Tableau fraud analysis

• Important experience in Pyspark.

• Desirable Knowledge in Datalake, Solution Architecture, Models and Cloud (AWS, Google Cloud)

Overview

Founded in 2017, Kushki has standardized payment interoperability across Latam, enabling local payments and connecting the region through cross-border payments with credit and debit cards, bank transfers, digital cash, wallets, and other alternative payment methods. As a result, the company has experienced exponential growth, being valued at $600 million and tripling the size of its team by 2021.