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  • Build and own the models behind our lending program, including transaction classification, forecasting, and anomaly detection.
  • Deploy models into production with observability, monitoring, and tests.
  • Partner with Credit and Product on underwriting policy, product shape, and model explainability.

Python SQL Machine Learning Deep Learning NLP

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