Data Scientist (GenAI)

Job Description: Data Scientist (GenAI)

We're hiring an exceptional Data Scientist to join our growing team of data science & AI experts!

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to design and deploy end-to-end AI/ML solutions that push the boundaries of financial technology, using advanced techniques in Generative AI, NLP, and predictive modeling. You’ll tackle complex business challenges, automate manual processes and help Tipalti maintain its edge in driving innovation across the fintech landscape. The ideal candidate is a problem solver with a strong technical background who thrives on transforming complex business challenges into scalable AI/ML solutions.

Why join Tipalti?

Tipalti is one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies. We free finance professionals to lead by modernizing the entire payables operation. We are a well-funded, late-stage start-up backed by high-profile investors. Our 2021 Series F funding round raised $270 million, valuing us at over $8.3 billion. With total funding of just over $550 million, and with more than 4000 global customers, Tipalti is one of the most valuable private fintech companies in the world.

At Tipalti, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, the quality of our product and the capabilities of our people. Tipaltians are passionate about the work they do, and keen to get the job done. Tipalti offers competitive benefits, a flexible workplace, career coaching, and an environment where diverse individuals can thrive and make an impact. Our culture ensures everyone checks their egos at the door and stands ready to reach for success together.

Founded in Israel in 2010, Tipalti is a global business headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foster City) with offices in Tel Aviv, Plano, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Amsterdam and Tbilisi.

In This Role, You Will Be Responsible For

End-to-End Solution Development: Designing, developing, and deploying robust AI/ML solutions that address key challenges in the fintech space, from data preprocessing through production deployment.
Gen AI & NLP Applications: Building and fine-tuning generative AI models for innovative applications, including LLMs for text generation, summarization, categorization and document processing. Applying NLP techniques to analyze unstructured data, uncover insights, and enable capabilities like sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and text classification.
Predictive Modeling: Creating predictive models that forecast critical business outcomes, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to optimize decision-making.
Model Deployment and Optimization: Implementing best practices for model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement to ensure high performance and scalability of AI solutions in production.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering with key stakeholders across departments to understand business requirements, align on objectives, and deliver impactful solutions.

About You

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or a related field, with focus on AI/ML.
3+ years of hands-on experience in data science or AI engineering, ideally within the fintech industry or a related sector, with a track record of deploying impactful AI/ML solutions.
Strong technical skills:
Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and model building.
Deep experience with LLMs and prompt engineering, including systematic evaluation of enterprise AI solutions
Experience with building RAG systems and Conversational chatbots - Advantage
Strong experience with machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) for model deployment and MLOps practices.
Analytical Mindset: You’re adept at statistical analysis, understand key machine learning algorithms, and can evaluate models with a critical eye.
Project Management: You can manage and prioritize multiple tasks, balancing short-term and long-term goals to deliver timely, high-impact results.

Our tech teams are the engine behind our business. Tipalti’s tech ecosystem is extremely rich and we continually add new features to our products, ensuring that we respond to our clients’ needs at scale. Our tech teams retain a fast-paced, start-up vibe that encourages innovation and critical thinking. At Tipalti, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse, global team of engineers, developers and product leaders who are collectively building the future of our best-in-class product suite as we transform financial operations for the future.

Interested in learning more about us?

Tipalti is the only company handling both global partner payments and accounts payable workflows for high-velocity companies across the entire financial operations cycle: onboarding and managing global suppliers, instituting procurement controls, streamlining invoice processing and approvals, executing payments around the world, and reconciling payables data across a multi-subsidiary finance organization. Tipalti enables companies to scale quickly by making payables strategic with operational, compliance, and financial controls. Through Tipalti, our clients can efficiently and securely pay thousands of partners and suppliers in 196 countries within minutes.

Tipalti is fueled by a commitment to our customers and a desire to build lasting connections. Our client portfolio includes high-velocity businesses such as Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Roku, WordPress.com, and ZipRecruiter. We work hard for our 98% customer retention rate which is built on trust, reliability and innovation. Tipalti means we handled it" - a mission to which we are constantly committed.

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Interested in learning more about us?

Tipalti is the only company handling both global partner payments and accounts payable workflows for high-velocity companies across the entire financial operations cycle: onboarding and managing global suppliers, instituting procurement controls, streamlining invoice processing and approvals, executing payments around the world, and reconciling payables data across a multi-subsidiary finance organization. Tipalti enables companies to scale quickly by making payables strategic with operational, compliance, and financial controls. Through Tipalti, our clients can efficiently and securely pay thousands of partners and suppliers in 196 countries within minutes.

Tipalti is fueled by a commitment to our customers and a desire to build lasting connections. Our client portfolio includes high-velocity businesses such as Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Roku, WordPress.com, and ZipRecruiter. We work hard for our 98% customer retention rate which is built on trust, reliability and innovation. Tipalti means we handled it" - a mission to which we are constantly committed.

Accommodations
Tipalti champions inclusive teams, in which every voice counts. We are committed to recruiting diverse candidates with varied personal experiences and abilities. We welcome applications from candidates belonging to historically underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, and maintain an equitable Talent Acquisition process that is free from discrimination.

As an equal opportunities employer, Tipalti complies with employment and human rights laws across the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Should you require reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, including access to alternate formats of materials, meeting spaces, or other accommodations that could better enable your full participation, please reach out to [email protected] for assistance.

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