Principal Data Scientist in Super AI

Are you a problem solver with a passion for data science? Do you take pride in building cool products that make a difference for our customers and society? Then come join our team of data scientists in the SuperAI Centre of Excellence at Danske Bank!

We are on a growth journey and looking for colleagues to join us in our mission to build data science products to uncover and harness the value in our data and enhance decision-making at Danske Bank. As a Centre of Excellence, we deliver a positive societal impact with the help of data science, uncovering and preventing money laundering and other financial crimes, ensuring Danske Bank has a real-time, data-driven understanding of the risks it takes on, and supporting academic research to further data science efforts within the financial sector.

Our department of 40+ employees masters the entire model life cycle, from model design to developing robust solutions in Python using best practises from software engineering to maintenance and monitoring to ensure our models remain relevant and performant.

We strive to build a culture that is open and collaborative, where team members come to work to have fun with colleagues while delivering impactful solutions for Danske Bank and society. You will be joining an international team located between Copenhagen and Vilnius. Therefore, solid English skills are a necessity for this role.

Dont meet every single requirement? At Danske Bank, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Depending on your experience and knowledge, we may offer you different seniority of the role.

We are seeking a colleague to contribute with their own knowledge and unique set of tools, with a solid background in mathematics underpinning data science and machine learning methodologies, as well as experience in implementing and deploying models using software engineering best practises.

Some details of the role:

• Develop end-to-end data science solutions, from understanding the problem and designing the model to deploying and maintaining the final solution
• Communicate with non-technical stakeholders; distil complex concepts into a format that is easily understood so that we can get the relevant business input that will allow us to build representative and appropriate models
• Be a mentor for junior data scientists in the team, sharing your knowledge and experience within data science
• Participate in setting and documenting the standards and best practises for data science at Danske Bank

A set of skills you may possess include:

• At least 5 years of experience within Data Science or Software Engineering fields
• Experienced Python programmer (or similar OOP language)
• Machine learning: regression and classification methodologies
• Supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning
• Data visualisation and storytelling through data
• Deployment of machine learning models in a production environment, including experience with version control, CI/CD tools, model versioning, and model performance tracking
• Upper-Intermediate English skills
• Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and an openness to new methodologies and techniques

Monthly salary range from 4800 EUR to 7200 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; health insurance from the first day of employment; 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
• Health insurance from the first day of employment
• Third pillar pension fund
• Free parking & charging ports - cars, bicycles, e-scooters