ABOUT HELCIM

Helcim was founded with a mission at heart: to be the worlds most loved payment system. We believe that by offering small businesses in North America a decidedly human payment solution where it is easier to sign up and use while being transparent and affordable, we can empower them to grow and prosper. Simply put, helping small businesses thrive is at the very core of our business model, and we think thats a great way to do business.

From the very start, we knew that we wanted to be different from every payment processor out there. We want the merchants we serve to feel supported and see us as a trusted partner rather than simply just another cost of doing business. We are relentless in our pursuit to provide a radically transparent and honest payments solution that flat out saves business owners money, all while treating them like human beings.

THE POSITION

Helcim is searching for a Data Scientist focusing on fraud and credit risk, you'll play a vital role in advancing Helcims risk analytics capabilities. Youll bridge the realms of data science and our business to uncover insights and build solutions that enhance our understanding of underwriting, fraud detection, and ongoing risk management.

As a member of the Data & Analytics team you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and contribute to the development and deployment of data science algorithms to dive actionable insights. This is more than just modelling, its collaborating with people to build solutions that impact the business. With Helcim youll have the opportunity to grow your career at an exciting, culture-driven company shaping how data is used in all that we do. You'll be finding new opportunities as a strategic partner, designing solutions, and diving deep into the data.

Here are the things youll own day to day:

• Develop and implement data products (AI, predictive models, segmentation strategies, and decision-making tools) to assess and mitigate risks.
• Work with business teams to find opportunities and develop valuable solutions that solve the right problems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to embed data products within Operations processes.
• Monitor model performance and conduct ongoing evaluation and iteration to improve predictive accuracy and business impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to champion opportunities for data and AI to scale our impact.
• Partner with the Data Platform team to ensure data capture, cleanliness, system development and monitoring meet the needs of our risk mitigation efforts.
• Contribute to our MLOps strategy and support the implementation of data governance initiatives.

A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

• 4+ years experience in a data science-related or similar role preferred
• Education may include a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, other related quantitative fields or bootcamps
• Experience employing statistical methods or machine learning algorithms to solve business problems
• Experience collaborating on the deployment of data products into production
• Experience with the programming languages of our analytics stack (SQL, Python) or other related languages
  
• Experiences with the following technologies will be assets in this role:
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and and their BigQuery Data Warehouse
  • Metabase or other business intelligence applications
  • Data transformation technologies such as dbt
  • Apache Spark or similar distributed computing platforms
    

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrated ability to engage with cross-functional teams and non-technical stakeholders to understand project objectives, gather requirements, and communicate complex data findings
• Ability to effectively visualize and organize data through dashboards, charts, reports, etc
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, prioritizing iterative technical solutions to solve complex problems.
• Experience in consumer or business credit and fraud modeling will be an asset in this role
  

HELCIM CULTURE IS;

Being builders: We build things ourselves and we build them well. We use technology and our creativity to overcome challenges that would seem beyond the capability of a company our size. We improve what is already there, invent our way out of problems and we never stop dreaming of better.

Choosing the harder path: We believe that the right decisions are usually the harder ones, so we embrace the challenge and endure when others quit. We choose what is difficult because it is more rewarding in the long-term, and makes us resilient, so that we not only survive but thrive.

Creating trust: We earn trust by striving to be our best selves every day and by lifting those around us. We recognize that trust is hard to earn, easy to lose and is tested continuously over time, so we make trust our way of life.

Contributing to a company of many: We are stronger because of our collective passion, diversity, and fellowship. We believe only great teams can accomplish great things, and we ask the very best of each other. Together we create our own future.

WORKING AT HELCIM

Joining Helcim means joining a fast-growing company where we have found coming together makes us a strong company. We have a drive to achieve big things which creates amazing opportunities for everyone willing to work hard and contribute to that growth - opportunities for faster career growth, for more learning, more impact, and accelerated experience - all while surrounding yourself with incredible people working on interesting problems and delivering great results.

Here are some of the reasons we attract such great people:

The Way of the Helcim: At Helcim, we build a team of engaged, caring and intelligent people. In return we provide an environment where you can be excited to come to work each day and tackle these challenges with an amazing team. Learn more about Helcims unique culture and environment in our culture book The Way of the Helcim.

Health and dental benefits: Through our Group Benefits, youll get access to dental benefits, extended healthcare benefits for drugs, vision, paramedical coverage (e.g. massage therapists, dieticians, mental health professionals), counseling, health service navigation, life insurance, critical illness and disability insurance, and more. All of these benefits come into effect on Day 1 of employment!

Dedicated Health Spending Account (HSA): An additional budget available for you to spend on health-related expenses (e.g. eyeglasses, therapy).

Maternity and Parental Leave: To help launch our team members into this phase of family life we have some additional benefits in place including salary top for the birthing parents and a bonding break for non-birthing parents.

Stock Options: Stock options enable our team to purchase Helcim shares at a future date at a specified price. Every team member, not just people leaders and executives receive equity (aka ownership in the company).

Vacation Time: All team members get paid vacation time and a company break in December so they can recharge when they need it.

Flexible work location: Work and life happens at different times and places. This is why our team enjoys the flexibility of hybrid work and flexibility around hours of work, so we can all do our best work. Our hybrid work schedule offers flexibility to work from home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Furthermore, our core hours give team members flexibility to manage other parts of their lives.

Training: Helcim will cover 50% of the applicable training costs of up to $500 per year.

LOGISTICS

Job type: Full-time

Hiring manager: Tim Cruz

Location: Hybrid, In Office Monday's, Wednesday's + Friday's

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada and be located in Calgary for this position.