Senior Data Scientist/ML

The role

A Senior Data Scientist will join the data products team to build models and manage ML infrastructure. This role involves designing evaluation frameworks, deploying models, and working on products like transaction coding engines and RAG-based systems.

What you will do

• Help define and evolve Rho's ML/DS practices
• Design and implement evaluation frameworks and eval harnesses
• Build and own high-impact models and analyses
• Make and document key ML infrastructure decisions
• Set technical standards and best practices
• Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped modeling questions
• Design and analyze experiments
• Advocate for and drive adoption of ML infrastructure and tooling improvements

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data science, applied ML, or a related quantitative field
• Track record of shipping models into production
• Deep, hands-on understanding of ML infrastructure
• Strong experience designing evaluation frameworks and evals for ML systems
• Experience helping establish or mature ML practices, standards, or infrastructure
• Strong programming skills in Python, with solid SQL
• Experience with statistical modeling, machine learning techniques, and experiment design
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems, vector databases, or building/deploying agents
• Experience with OCR, document understanding, or other unstructured data extraction problems
• Familiarity with workflow orchestrators such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect
• Experience with cloud ML platforms (GCP Vertex AI, AWS SageMaker, or similar)
• Comfort with containerization and Kubernetes for model deployment
• Experience with BI tools such as Omni or Power BI
• Background in fintech, banking, or financial services data
• Experience mentoring or growing a DS/ML team

Benefits

• Top-notch Private Healthcare Insurance for you and your family members
• Generous PTO policy
• Lunch at work
• Covered costs for parking for onsite staff
• Learning and development budget
• Paternity leave
• Hybrid work environment

About the company

Rho is a modern banking platform for startups and growth-stage companies. The platform allows users to open accounts, issue cards, manage expenses, pay bills, and close books.