Data Engineer

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is a part of the Global Financial Services business unit, which serves as the global extension of Groupe BPCE. Groupe BPCE is the second largest banking group in France that carries out an array of banking and insurance services. They employ 100,000 individuals and cater to 36 million customers globally. 

With its headquarters in Porto, the aim of Natixis’s Center of Expertise is to revolutionize traditional banking by creating innovative solutions for the bank’s operations, business, and work culture across the globe. We’re a crucial component in the company's culture of agility and innovation, fitting seamlessly into the Portuguese labor culture. Our IT, Banking Support Activities, and Compliance teams work in a united, inclusive, and cross-cutting manner, supporting all business lines and country platforms. 

Natixis in Portugal encapsulates the best of both worlds: the dynamism of a start-up, with its multicultural and inclusive environment, culture of proximity and participation, along with dynamic working methods based on agility and collaboration, married with the sturdiness of a large structure that provides career security, financial stability and efficient processes, bolstered by unlimited learning opportunities. We're small enough to maintain an entrepreneurial spirit, yet large enough for global delivery. 

Become a part of our team where you can make a difference, unlock numerous career growth opportunities, develop your expertise and maximize your potential! You deserve more than just a job. 

Job Description

As a Data Scientist, you’ll work in close collaboration with our Data Engineers, BI Engineers, Business Analysts, and Software Engineers, among others in various application teams, right from specifying to implementing, to enhance our applications and business line decisions. Beyond this, you'll help promote a data-centric mindset and a data-driven company. 

Team : 

• Join our Data Team (ETL, Data Management, BI), cooperating closely with Paris team members, to create a unique team, and assist Porto in enhancing its practice in this field. 
• Provide distinctive expertise to our clients and stakeholders responsibly and with integrity. 
• Be adaptable, resilient and accountable per the circumstances. 
• Aim to succeed collectively as a unified team across Porto and Paris, promoting openness, trust, and collaboration to advance knowledge, practice, and our ecosystem. 
• Contribute to local initiatives and projects at all stages, from evaluation, use case identification, data preparation, to implementation, and industrialization. 
• Participate in the data community. 
• Lead data awareness training and mentoring. 

Main Tasks & Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with clients to understand their strategic and operational needs and guide them towards success; 
• Contribute to fostering a culture of data-driven solutions within business lines; 
• Conduct comprehensive end-to-end research, developing new models, algorithms with a scientific mindset and a determined focus on delivery; 
• Create large-scale data collection pipelines for data collection, data cleaning, and data analysis based on your considerable knowledge and experience; 
• Work collaborative with a multidisciplinary team, spanning across business analysts, data science, engineering, data visualization, and application developers; 
• Clearly present data insights, findings, and results to both internal and external stakeholders and provide business recommendations; 
• Help spread data competence by consistently learning and sharing your knowledge through company-wide sharing and mentoring sessions, technical talks; 
• Act as a Data evangelist; 
• Take personal responsibility for your work and continuously strive to raise the bar. 

Qualifications

Main Technical Requirements: 

• A professional with at least 3 years of experience in a Data Science-related role; 
• A BS/MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, or a related field; 
• Experience with Machine Learning algorithms (i.e., Neural Networks, SVM, Markov Models, Decision Trees, etc); 
• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP); 
• Proficiency in Python, Java, Scala, or C++; 
• Experience with machine learning platforms and ecosystems (Jupyter, TensorFlow, Hadoop, Spark); 
• Experience with the end-to-end Data Science loop: from the data collections stage to the model evaluation analysis; 
• Experience with large datasets/databases; 
• Experience with SQL; 
• Experience with data processing platforms, frameworks, and tools such as Spark, Hive, Hadoop. 

Other Requirements: 

• A good command of English - minimum B2 level (mandatory); 
• French language skills are an advantage; 
• Potential for rapid self-reliance and proactivity; 
• Strong communication skills; 
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools (Scrum/Kanban); 
• A boundless curiosity and passion for learning, improving things, and helping others, and possessing an ability to translate ideas into realities; 
• Willingness to travel abroad for brief periods, as required. 

Additional Information

Candidate’s Journey 

Following your online application, one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists will contact you. The subsequent steps will involve meetings with our business experts (Team Leaders and Team Managers) to onboard you onto our team. 

Some more information you should know: 

The position is based in Porto, right at the heart of the city, and offers a hybrid work model. 

We currently have over 2,000 employees from 31 different nationalities. You can be one of them. If this opportunity aligns with your career aspirations, apply now! We’re looking forward to meeting you! 

In 2023, the Top Employers Institute in Portugal recognized Natixis as a Top Employer for the first time. This certification evidences our exceptional human resources practices, following the example of our main office, which has been certified as a Top Employer France for the seventh consecutive year. 

Finally, envision what a day in your life could look like: 

Early in the morning at Campo 24 de Agosto, within 4 minutes, you're clocked in at the office. Kick off your day by having breakfast with your team and grab some fresh fruit on your way to your desk, in one of Porto’s most iconic neighborhoods. This busy Purple Day starts with a daily meeting to ensure everyone is in sync about work status, priorities, and roadblocks, followed by a language class, and then a Talent Management meeting with your manager discussing your career path. 

Lunch break. Today, your team is welcoming new members as well as French colleagues - a perfect reason to stroll downtown and bond over a local dish, francesinha. Upon your return, soak in the tranquility of Natixis’s Urban Garden (check out the crops - ready to harvest!). 

After you’re back inside, brainstorm for a new exciting project in our cutting-edge, immersive Manaus Village. The afternoon whizzes by with tasks, meetings and jokes with your teammates. End the day by celebrating cultural diversity with Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. 

Tomorrow, you're attending a conference conducted by influential industry speakers. The day after that, you’ll be working from home, using the focused time to finish that report and complete a soft skills course on LinkedIn Learning. Once you’re done for the day, tune up with the Natixis band or partake in a board game session. If that’s too relaxed for you, join your colleagues to ride some waves or sail on the Douro river during the golden hour.