Data Scientist

OnTarget Labs is a leading international software product development company.
We create next generation of world class product lines.

The company is looking for a Data Scientist to join our innovative product team as a full-time member working in Portugal.
Lots of opportunities for professional growth and business trips abroad are offered.
Join our friendly team of IT professionals now!

We only consider candidates who can legally work in Portugal immediately (including self-arranged Digital Nomad visas). No visa sponsorship or relocation support is offered.

Please explicitly detail your current legal status in Portugal and ability to relocate in your application.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data analysis and modeling: Understand client data, perform data cleaning and preprocessing, and develop and tune machine learning models.
• Collaboration: Work with internal teams (Product, Research) and external stakeholders (clients) to understand business objectives and ensure client success.
• Technical leadership: Provide technical guidance, drive project execution, and contribute to building scalable data pipelines and prototypes.
• Product development: Help improve the product by contributing to solution development, keeping up with fraud prevention trends, and creating generalized product enhancements.
• Communication: Clearly communicate complex findings and strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Key skills and qualifications

• Programming: Strong proficiency in Python, including scientific stack libraries (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn) and experience with distributed computing tools like PySpark.
• Machine Learning: Expertise in machine learning concepts and algorithms.
• Data Manipulation: Experience with data cleaning, feature engineering, and building scalable data pipelines (e.g., with Airflow and Trino).
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain complex ideas to various stakeholders.
• Analytical: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex financial crime challenges.

We offer

• Competitive salary to be defined upon the interview results