Data Scientist
Bangalore
Brains 2.0 ...Data /
Full time /
On-site
What is Jar?
The Jar app is a habit-building micro-savings platform that helps users save fixed amounts from as little as ₹10, and our revolutionary round-off method effortlessly accumulates spare change from digital transactions and invests it in digital gold.
Founded by Nishchay AG, former director and founding member at mobility start-up Bounce, and Misbah Ashraf, founder of community-focused e-commerce platform Marsplay, Jar's unwavering mission is to shatter psychological barriers to saving and investing, thus spearheading the Financial Fitness revolution for Bharat.
What does Jar do?
With seamless ease of use, we provide users the ability to withdraw their savings directly to their bank accounts as cash or receive physical gold, which is delivered right to their doorstep.
Furthermore, Jar empowers individuals with a flexible line of credit, starting at ₹1000, offering instant access to funds when needed. Amidst this transformative journey, Jar also offers contextual health insurance options, helping users safeguard their' savings from crippling financial emergencies.
Responsibilities
- Analyse large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
- Create data sets and data models to build intelligence upon.
- Developing prediction systems using machine learning algorithms
- Collaborate with engineering and product development teams
- Propose solutions and strategies to overcome business challenges
- Understand state of the art machine learning techniques and implement.
Requirements
- 2+ years relevant experience into Data science.
- Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naïve Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
- Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, arithmetic etc.
- Experience with NoSQL databases
- Good scripting and programming skills
- Analytical mind and business acumen
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Experience and Knowledge in Credit-rating
Why join Jar, you ask?
Jar is a diverse and inclusive workplace which embraces ideas and perspectives of all employees, and recognises their efforts and contributions regardless of gender or ethnicity. Our workspace also boasts a great blend of youth and experience, which helps us maintain a transparent culture with no micromanagement. We also have flexible working hours, and provide medical insurance to all employees.
