Junior Data Scientist

Job Description

Why join us in 2025?

Think of the digital tools we use daily - from virtual shopping to contactless payments. They're shaping our future. Join us in influencing the future of digital payments in an innovative environment. With our global merger, the opportunities for personal growth and collaboration are immense.

If you join us in the role of Junior Data Scientist, this is what you can expect from us:

• Attractive salary and an overall competitive package
• Transportation subsidy
• Meal allowance (ticket restaurants)
• Benefits for children
• Company bonus
• Well-structured training for the job and constant support from your manager
• Hybrid way of working
• Flexible work hours
• Private health insurance
• Voluntary pension fund (company-sponsored retirement plan or pension)
  
  

About Your Future Role

The position is within the Nexi Fraud Intelligence & Modelling team, located in Milan. The team is a strategic function within Nexi Operations Department with the goal to monitor, model and prevent digital payments frauds for our cardholders, by minimizing the impact on genuine transactions. Using a mixture of expert systems and machine learning, the team is responsible for the algorithms behind the safety of several million cards and merchants, insights and analytics.

Nexi is looking for a professional able to retrieve data from multiple data sources, structured and unstructured, visualize, analyze, model, and present to technical and non-technical stakeholders, to solve fraud related problems. A self-starter with a passion for learning and solving problems, who can integrate quickly in a team of senior fraud professionals.

Your key responsibilities in this role will be:

• Anticipate fraudulent behaviors through in-depth data analysis, proposing innovative rules and algorithms to prevent future risks.
• Define and optimize KPIs, generating strategic reports and insights to guide timely, data-driven decisions.
• Create dynamic visualizations and compelling data narratives, translating complex analyses into clear and strategic insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Design customer segmentation strategies to identify the most vulnerable groups and develop targeted measures to reduce the risk of fraud and phishing attacks.
• Develop machine learning models to detect emerging fraud patterns, leveraging AWS services to create, train, and deploy models in a scalable and secure manner, ensuring a rapid and accurate response to evolving threats.
• Integrate and automate analytical and operational processes, utilizing AWS to orchestrate workflows and improve efficiency, reducing response times in fraud management.
• Act as a strategic bridge with the Data team, defining key requirements to ensure high-quality data and its effective integration.
• Explore and test new analytical techniques, analyzing scientific papers, and staying constantly updated on the evolution of the anti-fraud landscape to propose innovative and effective solutions.
  
  

What makes you the best person for this job?

As you read about the role, are you eager to learn more? If so, review the qualifications that fit you for the position. Remember, beyond your skills and experience, it's your potential that sets you up for success in your daily tasks.

Qualifications needed to be successful in this role:

• Knowledge of SQL
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Access) and PowerBI
• Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure)
• Versioning tools (Git)
• Python Programming
• Knowledge of SAS and SAS Enterprise Guide
  
  

Additional skills and experience that would make you stand out:

• Analysis and Data Mining
• Data Storytelling
• Good team player
• Growth attitude
• Initiave
• Communication
  
  

Life at Nexi

Discover more about us and what it's like to be part of Nexi by visiting this page: https://www.nexigroup.com/en/people/life-at-nexi/overview/?utm_source=career-platform&utm_medium=job-openings&utm_content=standard . Learn about our values, meet our communities, and see how we are shaping the future of digital payments together.

Apply now!

If this opportunity resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you!

Please apply at your earliest convenience. We'll be reviewing applications continuously and closing the position once we've found the right fit. We are committed to creating a diverse culture where talents from all walks of life can feel like they truly belong.

By exploring this job opening, you're one step closer to joining us. We're excited to learn more about you!

Responsibilities

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About Us

Are you interested in joining one of Europe's leading PayTech companies?

Do you want to be part of a diverse team, collaborating with colleagues from across Europe? If so, you're in the right place!

About The Team

We are the result of merging Nexi, Nets, and Sia, with a presence in over 25 countries. With over 80 years of experience, we offer plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth

At Nexi, we learn, adapt, and think like entrepreneurs. Discover more about our culture by visiting this page: https://www.nexigroup.com/en/people/life-at-nexi/overview/?utm_source=career-platform&utm_medium=job-openings&utm_content=about-the-team