Senior Solution Engineer, Data Science

About us

Taktile exists to create value for organizations through smarter and safer decisions at scale. Our goal is to become the world's leading software provider for automated decision-making in the financial services industry and, to date, our software has been used by our customers to power over 1’000’000 critical business decisions every day.

• Taktile is based in New York City, London, and Berlin.

• Taktile was founded by machine learning and data science veterans with extensive experience building and running production ML in financial services.

• Our team consists of engineers, entrepreneurs, and researchers with a diverse set of backgrounds. Some of us attended top universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford and some of us have no degree at all.

• Our team has accumulated extensive work experience at leading tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Meta, startups, and the enterprise software sphere.

• Our backers include Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and stellar angels such as the founders of Looker, GitHub, Mulesoft, Datadog, and UiPath.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors and show great traction with scale-ups and large enterprises across the financial services industry. We are looking to build on this success by growing our team across all seniority levels from software engineers, web developers, marketing and sales experts, and entrepreneurial business analysts.

That's where you come in.

We are looking for a Solution Engineer with a strong data science / machine learning background to join our Customer Success team on the journey of onboarding our customers and helping them to get value from Taktile fast!

If you’re passionate about state-of-the-art tech products, and bring a few years of hands-on experience of applying machine learning models in production to solve real business problems, you’ll thrive in this role. Plus, if you enjoy working in a supportive team environment that empowers you to grow, we think you’ll love this job!

What you’ll do as Senior Data Science Solution Engineer

• Collaborate with customer teams (including domain experts, product managers, engineers, data scientists, and data engineers) to train, test, and deploy machine learning models tailored to financial services use cases.

• Lead the delivery of bespoke data science solutions, encompassing requirements gathering, data exploration, feature engineering, modeling, deployment, and handover to customer teams in both pilot projects and full implementations.

• Onboard and support diverse customer teams in solving real-world problems, ensuring a seamless experience and fast time-to-value on the Taktile platform.

• Work closely with the product team to develop and refine ML modules—such as off-the-shelf AML and fraud models—ensuring seamless integration and robust functionality.

• Collaborate with product management to translate insights from customer interactions into actionable improvements for Taktile’s offerings.

About You

• You excel at building strong relationships with stakeholders of varying seniority—both technical (e.g., Principal Engineers, Data Scientists) and business-oriented (e.g., Risk Managers, Credit Analysts). You thrive in customer-facing scenarios, proactively seeking innovative ways to engage customers and deliver exceptional value in a competitive landscape.

• You have a genuine interest in understanding our customers' businesses and enjoy helping them overcome their challenges.

• You’re a solution-oriented professional who can dive deep into technical discussions yet translate complex concepts for broader audiences.

• You are an expert in end-to-end data science solution delivery, including requirements gathering, data exploration, modeling, and deployment.

• You bring experience deploying machine learning models in production, understanding the operational demands of maintaining these systems at scale.

• You possess solid knowledge of REST APIs, including design, integration, and authentication, and have experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• You embody a continuous learning mindset, staying up to date on best practices while readily adapting new skills and methodologies.

• You work effectively with cross-functional teams—Sales, Solution Engineering, Product, Engineering, Customer Success—fostering a spirit of collaboration.

• You have outstanding written and spoken English skills, enabling you to convey complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

• You’re adept at planning and managing project scope, setting expectations and timelines to ensure efficient solution delivery.

• You maintain a humble, growth-oriented attitude, always seeking feedback and integrating the latest advancements in data science and machine learning.

Ideal Qualifications (but not required)

• You have 3-5 years of experience from a customer facing Data Scientist, ML Engineer position within a B2B SaaS company or as a Senior Consultant with the data science focus from a top tier consulting firm.

• You’ve had exposure to the financial services industry before and you’re excited to solve some of the industry's most pressing problems with AI (fraud, money laundering, etc.)

What we offer

• Work with colleagues that lift you up, challenge you, celebrate you and help you grow. We come from many different backgrounds, but what we have in common is the desire to operate at the very top of our fields. If you are similarly capable, caring, and driven, you'll find yourself at home here

• Make an impact and meaningfully shape an early-stage company

• Experience a truly flat hierarchy and communicate directly with founding team members. Having an opinion and voicing your ideas is not only welcome but encouraged, especially when they challenge the status quo

• Learn from experienced mentors and achieve tremendous personal and professional growth. Get to know and leverage our network of leading tech investors and advisors around the globe.

• Receive a top-of-market equity and cash compensation package

• Get access to a self-development budget you can use to e.g. attend conferences, buy books or take classes.

• Use the equipment of your choice including meaningful home office set-up.

Our Stance

• We're eager to meet talented and driven candidates regardless of whether they tick all the boxes. We're looking for someone who will add to our culture, not just fit within it. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underestimated and underrepresented in tech to apply

• We seek to actively recognize and combat racism, sexism, ableism and ageism. We embrace and support all gender identities and expressions, and celebrate love in its many forms. We won't inquire about how you identify or if you've experienced discrimination, but if you want to tell your story, we are all ears

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