Data Scientist (KYC)

Location: Bucharest, Romania — Dacia One; semi-remote work in a globally distributed team

Company

hirify.global Romania provides software development, data management, risk and compliance, audit, and retail operations services to ING units worldwide.

What you will do

• Scope, develop, validate, and document machine-learning-based solutions for banking analytics products.
• Build fit-for-purpose model pipelines using established best practices and quality standards.
• Evaluate model performance with data scientists and analysts.
• Prepare fraud detection models for production deployment.
• Address ING model governance requirements and contribute to safer banking solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, econometrics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in data science.
• Good understanding of supervised and unsupervised machine-learning methods.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with Apache Spark, SQL, and Git.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for work in a semi-remote, globally distributed team.

Nice to have

• End-to-end machine-learning project experience, from data extraction through production.
• Experience writing production-ready code and understanding object-oriented programming.
• Proactive, self-steering, curious, and collaborative approach.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-changing and complex environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working approach and a highly collaborative environment.
• Constructive feedback and support for continuous learning and development.
• Opportunity to work with ING Analytics on data-driven products and services.
• Exposure to international banking projects and colleagues across ING units worldwide.