Data Scientist Risk
Galgo is a fast-growing fintech specialized in motorcycle sales and financing.
We are a purpose-driven company, the first and only financial institution focused on the underbanked sector in Chile, Mexico, and Colombia...
And now, we’re very excited to be expanding into Brazil! 🚀
At Galgo, we work to create better opportunities for integration and development through financial access—helping people achieve their dreams.That’s why we’re looking for our next Sr. Data Scientist to join a high-performing team. The main responsibilities will be:
- Design, train, and deploy predictive models and advanced algorithms to automate key business processes and improve data-driven decision-making.
- Lead data science projects end-to-end, defining analytical objectives aligned with business needs and ensuring measurable impact.
- Develop robust, reproducible, and scalable machine learning pipelines in collaboration with engineering and data teams.
- Validate and monitor model performance in production, proposing adjustments and continuous improvements based on key metrics and evolving operational conditions.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, or similar role.
- Proven experience managing end-to-end ML processes, from design to deployment.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Strong knowledge of scikit-learn and boosting algorithms (XGBoost, CatBoost, LightGBM, etc.).
- Experience in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
- Hands-on experience implementing ML pipelines in production using frameworks like MLflow, Vertex AI, SageMaker, or similar.
- Solid understanding of model evaluation under class imbalance, with metrics such as AUC, precision-recall, F1-score, etc.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
- Nice to have experience in Fraud and/or Risk teams.
At Galgo, we are committed to attracting the best talent without distinctions, because we believe diversity is the most valuable asset of our organization.
- Departamento
- Riesgo
- Puesto
- Data Scientist
- Ubicaciones
- Natal, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Acerca de Galgo
Somos la única plataforma online que revoluciona y democratiza la forma de comprar vehículos nuevos para todos los Latinoamericanos ofreciendo una experiencia digital de punta a punta con soluciones flexibles de pago.
En esta trayectoria de 7 años, el trabajo en equipo y la confianza de nuestros clientes, nos ha permitido otorgar más de 60 mil créditos y la entrega de más de 24 mil vehículos en Chile, México y Colombia.Apuntamos a seguir creciendo y generar un impacto social y económico en la vida de miles de personas a quienes ayudamos a alcanzar sus metas y contribuir a mejorar su calidad de vida..
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