Machine Learning Engineering Manager

The role

Step is looking for an experienced Data Scientist to lead Step's Machine Learning engineering team. This is a small team, so we are looking for someone who is hands-on, assuming more management responsibilities as the team grows.

What you’ll do

• Build and lead ML Team: Hire new team members, mentor the team members.
• Build and Deploy ML Models: You’ll design, develop, and deploy machine learning models to enhance our Risk and Fraud detection systems. These models protect Step and our customers from fraud and financial loss.
• Lead Technical Efforts: You’ll take the lead in the Risk/Fraud area, providing technical direction and helping shape team’s strategy.
• Data Manipulation: You’ll use SQL to efficiently fetch, transform, and manipulate data, ensuring it’s ready for model development.
• Code Development: You’ll write production-grade code to deliver robust machine learning solutions.
• Design Experiments: You’ll apply statistics to guide experiments, determine appropriate sample sizes, and evaluate model performance.
• Cross-Function Partnership: Parter with Operations Team to quickly respond to rapidly evolving events.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years experience in Data Science or ML Engineering
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent data analysis skills.
• Leadership experience, both technical and people managment.
• Experience developing and deploying machine learning models.
• Experience, but not required, in working in financial systems, including lending or risk/fraud.

This role is available remotely within the U.S. or in our Palo Alto, CA office.