Associate Data Scientist

About Snappymob Malaysia
Snappymob builds top-tier custom iOS, Android, and web applications that deliver seamless user experiences and scalability. From startups to enterprises, we turn ideas into functional, user-friendly solutions. Check us out at snappymob.com!

Key Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and implement ML models for financial applications, including predictive analytics, risk modeling, and trading algorithms.

• Identify, collect, clean, and preprocess structured and unstructured financial data from multiple sources, including web data extraction.

• Build and optimize training pipelines for experimentation and production deployment. Work with engineers to deploy and scale ML models in real-world environments.

• Fine-tune and optimize foundational AI models, including LLMs, RAG, and agent-based applications to enhance decision-making and automation.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders, to translate business needs into effective ML solutions.

• Define the data science roadmap and establish best practices for model development, versioning, and deployment. Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies.

What would you need?

• Ability to translate complex financial and business challenges into ML-driven solutions and communicate findings effectively.

• Solid understanding of financial markets, algorithmic trading, and risk management strategies.

• Experience in classical ML models, inference systems, and fine-tuning generative AI models.

• Strong skills in data scraping, extraction, transformation, and pipeline development for large-scale datasets.

• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, NumPy, and Pandas.

• Strong coding ability with experience in Git, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, and cloud-based ML services for model management and deployment.

• Shown a track record of being able to execute with minimal high-level guidance from C-levels.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Spark, Dask, Snowflake, and BigQuery for large-scale data handling.

• Knowledge of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and time-series forecasting for financial applications.

• Experience with LLMs, RAG, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and AI-driven automation.

• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure for scalable ML model deployment.

Why join us?

• Opportunity to shape a new business: Ever wonder what it takes to launch a start-up? Here’s your chance.

• Employer-Sponsored Work Visa: Backing your relocation with full visa sponsorship.

• Innovative Projects: Work on exciting projects that push your skills further.

• Accessible Location: Conveniently located near the LRT for easy commuting.

• Career Growth: Mentorship, and continuous learning.

• Flexible Work: Enjoy a better work-life balance with flexible options: 3 days WFH, 2 days in-office, and flexible working hours.

• Competitive salary: up to MYR 8,000.