Staff Data Scientist, Methodologies

Join the Tilt team At Tilt, we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial signals to recognize real potential. With millions of customers worldwide, we're not just changing how people access financial products — we're creating a new credit system that backs the working, whatever they're working toward.

The Opportunity At Tilt, we’re constantly exploring new ways to understand financial behavior and reduce risk. The work you do in this role will help shape how we use foundational models across our products. We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist to join our Methodologies group — a role focused on building and advancing foundational modeling approaches.

You’ll explore how deep learning methods such as neural networks, embeddings, and transformers can enhance how we understand financial data and make lending decisions. This is a great role for someone who’s deeply curious about new modeling techniques and wants to see their ideas make a real difference. You’ll work with a small, experienced team of data scientists and engineers to design and apply deep learning methods to financial data challenges — from credit decisioning to transaction modeling.

You'll also be at the forefront of how data science is practiced in the age of AI agents. Our team builds with agentic tools every day, and we're creating specialized agents that speed up both DS