Machine Learning Engineer Job at Branch International

Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, and India, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world’s emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Machine Learning Engineer

Job Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

Project Examples / Responsibilities

• Credit Decisions - Core to our business is understanding and building signals from unstructured and structured data to identify good borrowers 
• Customer Service - Using machine learning, automate customer service interactions and provide context to our customer service team 
• Fraud Prevention - Identify patterns of fraudulent behavior and build models to detect and prevent these behaviors 
• Product Growth - Understand user experiences, test ideas, and improve conversion rates through experimentation 
• Paid Growth / Marketing - Use external and internal data sources to measure and optimize marketing spend

Minimum Requirements

• You excel at software engineering and programming in Python and SQL for production systems.
• You have 5+ years of experience working on Machine Learning systems in a production setting.
• You are a great collaborator and teacher.
• You know that startups are a team sport.
• You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.

Preferred Requirements:

• You have a diverse range of data skills including experimentation, statistics, and machine learning, and have used these skills to inform business decisions.
• You have a keen eye for detail and a healthy skepticism for data before relying upon it.
• You are highly entrepreneurial. You teach yourself new skills. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
• You are driven by making an impact on customers' lives.

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team.