Data Scientist

Who We Are

BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.

BankUnited is ranked #4 as one of America's Most Trusted Companies in the Banking industry and is honored to have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America's Most Trusted Companies Award List!

Our Culture

At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE™, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.

Why BankUnited

Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been ranked #13 as one of the 2021 Healthiest 100 Wokplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal for three consecutive years since 2020.

As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE™ Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE™ (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.

At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday - Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.

If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative work environment, Apply Now and start your journey with BankUnited today!

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Data Scientist is part of BankUnited's newly formed Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) or Enterprise Data Management Team. This dynamic team of talented professionals is tasked with the development of a comprehensive advanced analytics infrastructure for the purpose of delivering high value analytic solutions and/or tools to enable data-driven strategic decision-making. The team operates in an Agile-based fast paced environment. Every team member is expected to be highly analytical, collaborative, creative and have strong communication skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

• Develops software code and/or algorithms to explore, extract, clean, integrate and otherwise prepare data for consumption into models or business intelligence (BI).
• Works collaboratively with other data scientists and team members to develop statistical or machine learning models for a variety of applications across the bank.
• Helps translate business questions into quantitative methods used to answer them and support data-driven strategic decision making.
• Develops advanced BI dashboards and visualizations. Presents complex concepts in a format digestible by a diverse audience across the organization.
• Helps advance the team's continued education in advancements in data science, techniques and practices.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

EDUCATION

Degree in a STEM field with particular emphasis on coursework or experience using statistical models required Advanced degree preferred

EXPERIENCE

• Prior relevant work experience preferred, but recent graduates will also be consideredpreferred
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableaurequired
• Direct experience working on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) analytics platformpreferred
• Experience in financial servicespreferred
• Prior experience working in an Agile frameworkpreferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Advanced knowledge and expertise in predictive modeling, toolsets and machine learning.
• Proficiency in programming languages, particularly R, Python and SQL.
• Solid knowledge of current technology data architecture, particularly data lakes and cloud environments.
• Ability to understand the business context and value derived from the various business cases undertaken.
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships across different divisions within the entire company.
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to articulate complex concepts into a format digestible by a diverse audience.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, manage competing initiatives and adapt to an ever changing work pace with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Agile / Scrum Master preferred
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional certification preferred