Equifax

Data Scientist, Identity & Fraud

Equifax$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in a STEM major or equivalent discipline
  • 2-5 years of experience in a related analytical role
  • Experience with designing and developing predictive models
  • Cloud certification strongly preferred
  • Additional role-based certifications may be required

Responsibilities

  • Utilize knowledge of data structures and analytics to prepare datasets
  • Leverage algorithms to analyze and prepare data for analysis
  • Incorporate complex data sources into analytical solutions
  • Collaborate on tasks across multiple business and analytical domains
  • Package and visualize analytical findings for management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
  • 401k matching
  • Paid time off
  • Organizational growth potential through an online learning platform with guided career tracks
Full Job Description
As a Data Scientist, you will have the opportunity to manipulate large data sets, integrate diverse data sources, data types and data structures into solutions under management guidance. You will build experience developing analytical approaches to meet business requirements, which involves translating requests into use cases, test cases, preparation of training data sets and iterative algorithm development.

What you will do
  • Utilize combined knowledge of data structures, analytics, algorithms/models, and strong computer science fundamentals to prepare datasets, conduct analytics, and develop deployable solutions with guidance from more senior resources
  • Leverage knowledge of data structures and algorithms to analyze and prepare data for analysis, assembling data from standard and new data sources
  • Able to analyze and prepare complex and new data sources and incorporate them into analytical solutions.
  • Works on moderate complexity tasks in problems often within multiple business or analytical domains, collaborating with other teams to develop predictive models, risk assessments, fraud detection, recommendation engines, etc.
  • Package, summarize and visualize analytical findings and results for management
    Evaluate the work of peer and/or junior data scientists to ensure high quality solutions


What experience you need
  • BS degree in a STEM major or equivalent discipline
  • 2-5 years of experience in a related analytical role, including experience with the design and development of predictive models
  • Cloud certification strongly preferred
  • Additional role-based certifications may be required depending upon region/BU requirements


What could set you apart
  • Master's degree or higher in Mathematics, Computer Science , Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics or other related discipline a definite plus


We offer comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, 401k matching, paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Primary Location:
USA-Atlanta JV White

Function:
Function - Data and Analytics

Schedule:
Full time

About Equifax

Equifax Inc. is a data analytics and technology company that assists organizations and individuals in making informed business and personal decisions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. It is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index, and its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX. Equifax employs approximately 11,000 employees worldwide.
Learn more about Equifax
Size
12,700 employees
Market Cap
$23.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$520.1 million
Founded
1899
5 Year Trend
+9.4%
Revenue
$4.1 billion
NASDAQ

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