Data Scientist

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Job description

We believe cloud based technology has changed how we work. Our commercial lending SaaS platform empowers our client base of brokers and lenders to create a seamless borrower experience, manage a network of brokers, & scale their entire lending organization in the cloud powered by LendingWise

Company Description

Do you want to work for a company powering the digital lending transformation across numerous lending verticals? We work to make a lending platform that is robust, customizable, & turnkey for numerous business purpose lending products like residential/commercial real estate lending, business funding, SBA, Equipment, MCA and more. The lending suite of products includes a CRM, LOS, Marketplace, and Servicing capabilities, ALL-IN-ONE platform. It’s the holy grail for every private lender/commercial lender/bank/Credit Union or broker of any size. We launched in early 2018 and have seen explosive growth nationwide.

Position Summary

LendingWise is looking for a Full Stack Developer/Architect who has the ability to define, develop and manage the existing architecture strategy for the LendingWise platform & its inter-connected products related to CRM, LOS, Servicing & Marketplace of lenders. You will be responsible for introducing new applications, services, and technologies into the LendingWise technical landscape and you will take responsibility for the initiatives you designed. You will need expert level knowledge of a variety of business domains including, but not limited to, CRM, Loan Origination, Loan Servicing, Payment integration, & API connectivity for various integrations for mortgage vendors (Plaid, Corelogic, DocMagic, Docusign, etc… & CRMs like hubspot, salesforce, etc… You need to manage input from our product owner/manager & CEO and assume overall responsibility for the execution of multiple, large-scale, mission critical initiatives. You will be accountable to a variety of primary business stakeholders for the quality and success of programs assigned to you. An acute sense of attention to detail is necessary. This role requires working with teams within and outside the USA. Flexibility in working hours will be required.

Key Responsibilities

Help plan, architect, & review various phases, features, bugs, & enhancements of the CRM, Loan Origination, & Loan Servicing platform & API connectivity hub

Introduce new tools and fresh insights to assist with development goals

Work on new features, enhancements, bugs & refactor code to MVC structure within the LendingWise platform

Requirements

Deep knowledge of Core PHP & other PHP frameworks, including strong experience with MVC patterns

JavaScript, HTML, Bootstrap

MySQL & Stored Procedures

Excellent skills in object-oriented programming and MVC design patterns

Comfortable working with SSH command line & GitHub version control, & PHP Storm

Solid knowledge of RESTful API endpoints

Multi-tenant CRM, ERP, Real Estate, Loan or FinTech Experience required

Compensation:

Competitive Salary & Bonuses

2 weeks paid time off annually

Flexible work schedule

Job Type: Full-time

Location:

Remote

Note: Please do not apply if you are currently working in an E-Commerce company.

Note: We are specifically looking for candidates who are currently employed at a B2C tech product company.

No.Of Positions : 8

Mandatory

Strong B2C Product Marketing Profile

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 2+ YOE in product marketing for digital products

Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have direct experience in pre-launch and post-launch marketing, including user research, positioning, GTM planning etc

Mandatory ((Experience 3): Experience launching or scaling a mobile app, preferably iOS

Mandatory (Company): B2C product companies offering digital / Tech products (such as Fintech, EdTech, AdTech, TravelTech)

Role & Responsibilities

- We are seeking a dynamic and talented Assistant Product Marketing Manager with a passion for mobile apps to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in new product ideation, executing successful go-to-market strategies, and ensuring the overall success of our mobile applications. This role requires a combination of strategic thinking, creativity, analytical skills, and effective communication.

- New Product Ideation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to generate innovative ideas for new mobile app products. Conduct market research and analysis to identify emerging trends and opportunities.

- Go-to-Market Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive go-to-market strategies for new products, ensuring successful product launches. Work closely with the product development team to align marketing initiatives with product features and benefits.

- Competitor Research: Conduct thorough competitor analysis to understand market trends, identify competitive advantages, and position our products effectively.

- User Lifecycle Management: Develop and implement strategies to optimize the user lifecycle, from acquisition to retention. Utilize data-driven insights to enhance user experience and engagement.

- A/B Testing: Design and execute A/B testing initiatives to optimize marketing campaigns and improve key performance indicators.

- App Store Optimization (ASO): Implement effective ASO strategies to enhance the visibility and discoverability of our mobile apps on various app stores.

- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal teams, including product development, design, and sales, to ensure alignment and successful product launches. Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders, including partners and vendors.

Ideal Candidate

- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and compelling manner.

- Product Analytics: Strong understanding of product analytics and the ability to derive actionable insights from data.

- App Media Buying: Experience with app media buying platforms, including Google, Facebook, AppLovin, Taboola, etc.Proven ability to optimize campaigns for maximum ROI.

- App Monetization: Knowledge of various app monetization models and strategies. Ability to develop and implement monetization plans that align with business goals.

- Design and Messaging: A keen eye for design and messaging to create visually appealing and effective marketing materials. Understanding of how design elements impact user engagement. If you are a results-driven individual with a passion for mobile apps and possess the skills outlined above, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Perks, Benefits and Work Culture

- Flexible work hours and leaves

- Salary advance

- Maternity/Paternity leave benefits & adoption assistance

- Butler & Concierge services

- Team Off-sites & Celebrations

Beyond Work:

- Insurance benefits for you and family

- Interest-free loans

- Gift vouchers for special moments

- Fully-equipped Gym

- Education Sponsorship Programs

• 4+ years exp with solid backend/engineering experience.
• Knowledge of data structures and an eye for architecture.
• Solid CS fundamentals, fluent in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming, a strong inclination for architecting at scale.
• Excellent technical design, problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Rapid prototyping worked on distributed systems at scale.
• Basic knowledge of SQL as well as NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in Golang, it's design, and concurrency patterns.

What are we looking for:

● Good problem solving skills.

● Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals, data structures.

● Experience working in software development with one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Go, Scala, Python, C/C++.

● Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases (MySql, Postgresql, MongoDB, Cassandra).

● Experience in working with distributed caching (Memcached, Redis, or comparable technology).

Experience in working with distributed messaging technologies like RabbitMQ, Kafka etc.

● Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services.

● Experience with microservices and web application/services development. 

Skills:

Expertise in Front-end development taking into account response times, and optimize rendering

Extremely strong analytical skills

Good Design Skills would be great

Culture:

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Happy to deal with, and contribute to, an environment of daily builds

Has worked in small teams, is versatile

Desirable Social Attributes:

Has contributed to one or more Open Source projects through own initiative

Has provided a high quality answer to a question posted on StackOverflow

Role:

As an Android Developer who would work independently, the candidate is expected to actively acquire problems and deliver solutions. He/she would be required to produce software of the highest quality through self-discipline, clear and engaged communication, and attention to detail. The role would include custom web application development on (most typically on React.js, Angular), version control (github), testing (necessarily through test scripts written before code is written), daily builds and eventual deployment.

Attributes of the ideal candidate:

Highly productive software developer with the proven aptitude to understand and apply technology

Always learning, evolving, and sharing what you know

Open-minded, flexible, and curious about new and better ideas

Interest and background in visual design (interaction design, information graphics, data visualization) is desired and valued but not strictly required

About Homesfy:

https://homesfy.in/">Homesfy is a leading institutional brokerage in India working in west and south markets. Homesfy works with leading real estate developers such as Godrej, Lodha, LnT, Sobha, Runwal, Oberoi, Shriram, Prestige, etc. in the primary markets. 

Homesfy has offices in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Bangalore and an outsourced agency in Delhi. Homesfy also works with 3000 brokers in an aggregator model known as https://www.mymagnet.io/">Magnet.  

We are a nascent quantitative hedge fund led by an MIT PhD and Math Olympiad medallist, offering opportunities to grow with us as we build out the team. Our fund has  world class investors and big data experts as part of the GP,  top-notch ML experts as advisers to the fund, plus has equity funding to grow the team, license data and scale the data processing.

We are interested in researching and taking in live a variety of quantitative strategies based on historic and live market data, alternative datasets, social media data (both audio and video) and stock fundamental data.

You would join, and, if qualified, lead a growing team of data scientists and researchers, and be responsible for a complete lifecycle of quantitative strategy implementation and trading.

Requirements:

• Atleast 3 years of relevant ML experience
• Graduation date : 2018 and earlier
•   3-5 years of experience in high level Python programming.
• Master Degree (or Phd) in quantitative disciplines such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science in top universities.
•   Good knowledge of applied and theoretical statistics, linear algebra and machine learning techniques. 
•   Ability to leverage financial and statistical insights to research, explore and harness a large collection of quantitative strategies and financial datasets in order to build strong predictive models.
• Should take ownership for the research, design, development and implementation of the strategy development and effectively communicate with other team mates
•   Prior experience and good knowledge of lifecycle and pitfalls of algorithmic strategy development and modelling. 
•   Good practical knowledge in understanding financial statements, value investing, portfolio and risk management techniques.
•   A proven ability to lead and drive innovation to solve challenges and road blocks in project completion.
• A valid Github profile with some activity in it

Bonus to have:

•   Experience in storing and retrieving data from large and complex time series databases
•   Very good practical knowledge on time-series modelling and forecasting (ARIMA, ARCH and Stochastic modelling)
•   Prior experience in optimizing and back testing quantitative strategies, doing return and risk attribution, feature/factor evaluation. 
•   Knowledge of AWS/Cloud ecosystem is an added plus (EC2s, Lambda, EKS, Sagemaker etc.) 
•   Knowledge of REST APIs and data extracting and cleaning techniques 
•   Good to have experience in Pyspark or any other big data programming/parallel computing
•   Familiarity with derivatives, knowledge in multiple asset classes along with Equities.
•   Any progress towards CFA or FRM is a bonus
• Average tenure of atleast 1.5 years in a company

• Developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models
• Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application
• Fixing bugs and performance problems
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions
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