Job responsibilities:

• Work with research scientists to develop, prototype and test novel machine learning and information retrieval methods that work effectively on online and offline data.
• Conduct experimentation and analysis to determine effectiveness of techniques and devise improvements.
• Design and develop modeling tools for large scale data mining that can become software platforms to be used by others.
• Engage in prototyping of novel ideas that are guided by business and relevant to the payment industry.

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• M.S. or B.S. (with relevant work experience) in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Operations Research / Statistics.
• Prior experience in machine learning, information retrieval and data mining would be a plus.
• Prior expertise in large scale data analysis, visualization will also be valued, especially hands on experience in using Hadoop and related tools would be a plus.
• Demonstrated proficiency in one of Java / C / C++ and / or in a scripting language Perl / Python is required.
• Must be highly motivated and energetic, with strong verbal and written communication skills.