Principal Data Scientist - Data Sourcing

About Stori

Stori is a fast-growing, venture-backed financial technology company, on a mission to democratize credit access for 400 million underbanked LatAm consumers. Stori currently operates in Mexico and has a global team with offices in Arlington Virginia, Mexico City, and Asia. We have quickly made our mark as one of the top digital banks in Mexico with more than two million applicants for our credit card product since launching.

Stori is one of the top-funded startups in the region with US$250 million raised to date. We are backed by top global venture capital funds, such as GGV Capital, GIC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Mexico’s Tresalia Capital, Vision Plus Capital, BAI Capital and Source Code Capital; who have successfully invested in startups such as Affirm, Airbnb, Alibaba, Stripe, and TikTok.

Stori has a standout founder team among fintechs, leveraging 100+ years of accumulated experience in consumer finance, banking and technology across Mastercard, Intel, Capital One, Morgan Stanley, GE Capital, and HSBC in the U.S., Mexico and Asia. The team has launched and managed many multi-million-customer credit card products globally, providing a wide breadth of experience and knowledge to our team.

We welcome diversity of background, experience and thinking. Storians are passionate about our mission and take pride in the products we build. Our culture thrives off of a flat structure and an inclusive environment where all of our employees can be their authentic selves, with boundless opportunities for professional growth.

About the Role:

You will join the data science and machine learning department as a dedicated associate in data sourcing. You will be the main point of contact to source, evaluate and acquire high-quality data from various vendors and external sources.

Day to day, your key responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with data scientists and business analysts to identify and understand data requirements for credit risk management.
• Partner with data scientists to assess the value and relevance of data sources to ensure they meet business needs.
• Partnering with the procurement team to negotiate data acquisition contracts.
• Managing and maintaining strong relationships with data vendors to ensure ongoing data quality and compliance with agreements.

What we are looking for:

Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or other quantitative discipline or a related field.
• Working experience with MX public or alternative data sourcing.
• At least 3 years of working experience with SQL programming for data analysis
• At least 3 years of working experience with business analytics

Skills and attitudes

• Proven ability to drive projects independently
• Strong oral and written communication skills, especially around analytical concepts and methods
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines with proactiveness, decisiveness and flexibility
• Passion in data: Data is the foundation of everything at the Stori Data Science team. We believe in the power of machine learning but data is always our most trustworthy friend.
• Curiosity: We believe curiosity is the best mentor to data scientists. We are not only looking for data scientists, but more importantly, we are looking for partners that can inspire us with their wonders.
• Problem solving: Data scientists at Stori solve puzzles. We use data to understand our customers, we also use data to provide solutions in helping customers.

Bonus Points:

• At least 3 years of working experience in credit industry
• Working experience with vendor management
• ​​Proven ability to lead a team to deliver complex model development from end to end
• Passion in problem solving with data and data analytics
• Self-motivated with intellectual curiosity
• Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies, concepts and tools

What we offer

• Make a positive impact on the lives of our customers via financial inclusion
• Professional development opportunities
• International exposure & work experience
• Company swag
• Legally required benefits