Head of Data Science

**Head of Data Science**:
Bangkok
- Work Type: Full Time

**About us**:

- We're a financial services company leveraging cutting-edge technology to provide fintech and financial solutions to the underserved Southeast Asia market. Our team is a diverse and carefully selected group of finance and tech professionals worldwide.

With the successful launch of our first product. Our top-tier international talent, based in Bangkok, continues to innovate and drive forward in our fast-paced and quality-driven environment.

Our journey is marked by continuous learning, growth, and a passion for our work. We remain committed to breaking new ground, adapting, and thriving amidst the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
- Research and develop algorithms to solve complex business problems
- Build machine learning pipelines to process data, train models, compare experiments, and serve models
- Implement A/B tests of deployed models
- Build pipelines for automated data collection
- Work with stakeholders to understand the problems and come up with plans to solve them with data
- Create reports/dashboards to present valuable insights to stakeholders

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
- At least 4 years of experience working in Data Science
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts such as regression, time series analysis, statistical distributions, statistical tests
- Experience using Python, R, SQL to process data to draw insights from large datasets
- Expertise in one of the Deep Learning languages: Tensorflow, Pytorch, Mxnet
- Experience building data pipelines on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience working with a Distributed Computing tool such as Hadoop, MapReduce, and Spark
- Experience with Deep Reinforcement Learning or Graph Neural Networks is a big plus
- Experience using MLOps tools such as Kubeflow, MLFlow, or Sagemaker is a big plus
- Knowledge of Credit Risk Modeling is a big plus

**About working with us**
- This position is based in our Bangkok office
- We prefer to collaborate in person and don’t offer remote work
- As an international team, English language proficiency is required

Hiring is something we do with care. Because of that, we believe that having a transparent and thorough recruitment process is key. If you liked what you've read and are up for the challenge, here is what to expect after submitting your resume:

- You get invited to an initial call with the hiring team
- Complete a take-home challenge (2-4 hours)
- Onsite Interview with relevant team members
- Offer

**Why You'll Love It Here**:

- We’re all owners; Everyone at Honest gets ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan)
- Provident Fund
- Training Course and Book Subsidies
- You’ll be working with the smartest people in the industry
- A modern office right in the heart of Bangkok
- Top-of-the-line medical healthcare plan
- Monthly Wellness Allowance
- One of the best-funded start-ups in South East Asia with silicon valley investors
- We don’t believe in titles or hierarchy but value contribution & celebrate achievements as a team

**Honest Hiring**

At Honest, we’re working hard to build the future of finance for Asia. To do so, we prioritize attracting the best talent worldwide to join us - regardless of their background and heritage.

At Honest, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you want to be part of changing how people access to finance in Asia, come join us and help us build a global company where we’re all proud to belong.