# Lead Data Scientist at Brigit

- Company: Brigit
- What the company does: Get cash fast. Build credit while saving. No credit check, no late fees, no tipping. Join over 12 million Brigit app users. Backed by Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://brigit.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City (Hybrid)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $185K to $215K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/brigit/6a214803-b38b-47b0-a8e9-6ffe20edec72
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/brigit-lead-data-scientist/

## About the role

At Brigit we’re focused on giving the 100M Americans who live paycheck to paycheck access to more affordable financial services and getting them on the path to better financial wellness. As a Data Scientist on our team you’ll be responsible for building, improving and maintaining the key ML models that enable our services. The key problem spaces we are focused on are: Identifying credit risk of customers so that we can help more people in need when they need it

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of experience doing data science (modeling + analysis)
- Advanced degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or related field
- Proven expertise in machine learning principles and techniques
- Experience in Python, using industry-standard modeling toolkits like sklearn, JupyterLab, pandas, matplotlib, statsmodels, etc
- Experience in writing complex SQL queries and the ability to put together multiple data sources
- Experience creating training data sets, training models, tuning hyperparameters, performing validation, running A/B tests in production, creating and owning performance and model monitoring

Tags: Data