At Black Lake Investments, we pride ourselves on delivering efficient and innovative strategies to maximize returns for our investors, limited partners, and members. With a dedicated team of experts and a commitment to excellence, we navigate the complexities of the mortgage market, ensuring that our clients benefit from our deep industry knowledge and unparalleled expertise.

Exciting Opportunity: Jr. Data Scientist in the Mortgage Industry

Are you a skilled data scientist with a passion for the mortgage industry? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your diverse skill set and experience in managing and acquiring assets can make a significant impact? If so, we want to hear from you!

Position: Jr. Data Scientist

Location: Remote/ Onsite as needed Employment Type: Full-Time Salary: 90k annual salary plus benefits to be provided under separate cover.

Job Title: Junior Data Scientist

Department: Data & Analytics

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Junior Data Scientist with Mortgage Industry and Banking experience to join our growing data team. This role is ideal for someone with experience in PDF data extraction, hands-on exposure to AWS, and a strong interest or working knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs). You will contribute to building intelligent data workflows and support document processing initiatives that drive business insights.

Key Responsibilities

Design and maintain pipelines for extracting structured data from PDF documents using tools like PyPDF2, PDFMiner, or similar
Assist in cleaning, transforming, and analyzing data for reporting and modeling
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights
Work with AWS services (e.g., S3, Lambda, EC2, Glue) to deploy and manage data workflows
Apply LLMs for tasks such as document classification, summarization, and field mapping
Document processes and contribute to improving data extraction accuracy and efficiency

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
Experience with PDF data extraction tools and techniques
Mortgage Banking Industry Experience
On-site work required.
Hands-on experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, EC2, etc.)
Familiarity with Large Language Models (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face Transformers)
Proficiency in Python and data manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Effective communication and collaboration abilities

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with OCR tools (e.g., Tesseract, Amazon Textract)
Exposure to NLP techniques and model fine-tuning
Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD workflows
Experience working in agile or fast-paced environments

What We Offer:

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Opportunities for professional growth and development.
A collaborative and innovative work environment.
The chance to make a tangible impact on the mortgage industry.

Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and any relevant project portfolios to careers@blacklakeinvestments.com

Black Lake Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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