Jr. Data Scientist

Job Description

At Black Lake Investments, our primary objective is to revolutionize the way mortgage assets are acquired and managed. As a forward-thinking investment company, 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. At Black Lake Investments, your financial growth and security are at the heart of everything we do.

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 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

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 industryCompany Description

At Black Lake Investments, our primary objective is to revolutionize the way mortgage assets are acquired and managed. As a forward-thinking investment company, we pride ourselves on delivering efficient and innovative strategies to optimize 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. At Black Lake Investments, your financial growth and operational security are at the heart of everything we do.

Full-time

Hybrid remote