Data Scientist Senior

M&T Bank

M&T Bank is looking for a Data Scientist Senior to handle complex datasets and provide insights and solutions for various products. The role involves working closely with experienced data scientists to innovate new research methods. The position aims to generate business value by solving unstructured problems with diverse analytical approaches.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Analyze large and complex data sets to solve unstructured problems independently.
• Lead the ingestion and cleaning of data sets, ensuring stability by accounting for data drift.
• Build and refine complex econometric, statistical, and machine learning models for various analyses.
• Promote models into production systems and write complex code for model repositories.
• Develop self-healing models and adjust them based on performance metrics and business feedback.
• Create educational materials and consumable model outputs for business discussions.
• Review code for efficiency and accuracy.
• Adhere to risk and regulatory standards and escalate risk-related issues as necessary.
• Promote an inclusive environment that supports M&T Bank’s diversity values.
• Maintain internal control standards and comply with audit points.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation

This role requires you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience or 9 years of combined higher education and experience
• Experience with statistics and data science principles such as AB testing, sample selection, hypothesis testing, and modeling bias
• Proficiency with statistical software and languages
• Experience with hybrid databases on premise and in the cloud
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL and nSQL
• Intermediate understanding of modeling techniques like Bayesian Modeling, Classification models, Cluster analysis, Neural Network, Non-parametric methods, and Multivariate statistics
• Experience analyzing large data sets

You would benefit from having:

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Statistics, Economics, Finance, or related fields with coursework proficiency in statistics, econometrics, economics, computer science, finance, or risk management
• Fluency in econometric/statistical techniques such as time-series analysis, panel data methods, and logistic regression
• Tactical experience with statistical software and languages

M&T Bank is committed to diversity, inclusion, and maintaining internal control standards, ensuring compliance with audit points. The specific compensation may vary based on location.