Fundwell is looking to drive AI/ML innovation to transform their core business through intelligent automation, predictive insights, and data-driven decision-making by simplifying and accelerating the financing process for small and medium-sized businesses.
Requirements
- Deep expertise analyzing diverse data types—financial, commercial, behavioral, demographic, telephonic—across various formats including structured, unstructured, time series, and real-time streaming data
- Strong command of the complete ML lifecycle from problem formulation through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration
- Proficiency with modern ML frameworks, cloud platforms, and MLOps tools for building scalable AI systems
- Proven track record selecting and applying advanced statistical and ML techniques—classification, regression, clustering, ensemble methods, neural networks—to drive business outcomes
- Ability to balance technical sophistication with pragmatic delivery, knowing when to leverage state-of-the-art methods versus proven approaches
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of production-grade machine learning models that automate and optimize critical underwriting processes, delivering measurable business impact
- Conduct sophisticated exploratory data analysis and statistical modeling to uncover high-value opportunities across underwriting and customer operations
- Analyze complex, multi-modal datasets—including financial records, commercial data, alternative data sources, and temporal patterns—to extract actionable intelligence and improve model performance
- Develop automated monitoring systems to continuously track model accuracy, fairness, drift, and regulatory compliance
- Collaborate with Engineering teams to integrate ML models into production systems, enabling autonomous real-time decision-making at scale
- Evaluate and implement the optimal statistical and modeling approaches—from traditional techniques like logistic regression and segmentation to modern deep learning architectures—based on problem requirements
- Champion a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous learning within the data science organization
Other
- Partner closely with Product and Revenue leadership to transform our core business through intelligent automation, predictive insights, and data-driven decision-making.
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within a rapidly growing fintech leader.
- Collaborative, supportive team culture with a focus on training and development.
- Prime office location in New York, NY.
- Fundwell is an equal employment opportunity employer.
