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IT Chapter Lead for Data Science Platform

In Data Science Platform Squad, we build and maintain a generic, scalable, and governed platform for data science model execution of online models to enable an automated, compliant, and efficient Model Life Cycle process. We use technologies like Open-Shift to build a containerized platform for hosting model execution and deployment.

Our squad is responsible for:

  • Hosting Python statistical and machine learning models. The solution is primarily serving the data science communities that develop the models on behalf of the many enterprise domains in the bank.
  • AAPF is a platform, in conjunction with CMDEP, designed to execute machine learning models to score payment transactions for fraud. Payment transactions include e-banking domestic, international, and district international models deployed in CMDEP.
  • Maintain and support package management with the tool Anaconda.
  • FICO Blaze, which is a Decision Rule Engine management system encompassing decision modeling, decision service design, authoring, testing simulation, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Shaping the current on-premises infrastructure into a cloud-native platform.

As Chapter Lead, you are an innovative and motivated leader who blends deep domain expertise with a passion for coaching and developing others. You serve as a “player and coach,” spending approximately 30% of your time managing your chapter and the remaining 70% of your time as a doer in a squad, delivering value by completing work.

"We embrace diversity and equality in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views."

You will:

  • Lead the engineering team and contribute to deliveries
  • Be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the ML platform
  • Communicate with product owners, data scientists, quantitative analysts, and technical folks to provide solutions for data science and the ML platform
  • Facilitate IT problem management and documentation tasks to ensure the high availability and resilience of our systems
  • Engage with stakeholders in the business areas to define infrastructure requirements and roadmaps for our systems
  • Capture and organize requirements into stories; explain them to development and the quantitative team
  • Have a customer- and end-user-focused approach to any solution design

About you:

  • Good experience in building and managing the ML platform
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience with platform engineering
  • Proven leadership experience in a similar role
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, e.g., PaaS, SaaS, including cloud security
  • Experience with system integration using web services as APIs and Restful services
  • Solid understanding of the end-to-end IT process, including security, data compliance, architecture, design, implementation, and operation
  • Solid understanding of incident/change management and operations processes
  • Excellent troubleshooting, diagnostic, and analytical skills for problem solving
  • Ability to understand the new technologies and trends related to data science
  • Advanced English language skills

Beneficial to have:

  • A background in building and maintaining an ML platform
  • Experience in SQL, Python, or other programming languages
  • Experience in containerized technologies like OpenShift

We offer:

Monthly salary range from 5200 EUR to 7800 EUR gross (based on your competencies relevant for the job).

Additionally, each Danske Bank employee receives employee benefits package which includes:
    • Growth opportunities: professional & supportive team, e-learnings, numerous development programs; (incl. professional certificates); 100+ professions for internal mobility opportunities.
    • Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; additional health insurance; mental well-being practices; partial psychologist counselling compensation; silence and sleep zones at the office; game rooms.
    • Hybrid working conditions: home office budget (after the probation period); modern Danske Campus workplace developed with anthropologist for the best employee experience.
    • Additional days of leave: for rest, health, volunteering, exams in higher education institutions, and other important activities. Moreover, for seniority with Danske Bank.
    • Monetary compensation package: accidents & critical diseases insurance; financial support in case of unfortunate events, travel insurance; IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.

Additional days of vacation

20+ community hobby clubs

24/7 gym services and group trainings

Additional health insurance package

See all the benefits HERE.

If you're interested in this role and joining my team, feel free to contact me via LinkedIn, and I will answer your questions!

Kunal Sabharwal, Product Owner

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Send your CV

If you are interested, please send your CV in English no later than 25.09.2024. Confidentiality guaranteed.

Your title in job contract will be Squad Leader (Chapter Lead).