Job Details

Join BECU as a Sr Data Scientist BU. Our people helping people philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other.

Were proud of our history, but were even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, theres never been a better time to be part of BECU.

PAY RANGE

The Target Pay Range for this position is $125,700.00-$153,600.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $97,400.00 - $181,800.00 annually.

Benefits

Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees.

Impact Youll Make

As a Sr. Data Scientist on BECUs Retail Analytics team, youll play a pivotal role in shaping how we serve our members and grow our reach. Your insights will directly influence executive-level decisions, helping us forecast membership growth, optimize branch and ATM placement, and elevate member experiences.

To join our dynamic team, we require candidates to be residents of WA, OR, ID, AZ, TX, GA, or SC.

What Youll Do

• Lead Predictive Modeling Projects: Build and deploy machine learning and statistical models that forecast membership growth, optimize location strategy, and improve member experience.
• Own End-to-End Model Development: Manage the full lifecycle of business models from data collection and feature engineering to deployment and performance monitoring.
• Drive Marketing Attribution Analysis: Connect campaign spend to membership outcomes using attribution modeling to guide strategic decisions.
• Enhance Member Experience: Identify actionable drivers of satisfaction and set performance goals using custom segmentations and experience modeling.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to align analytics with business priorities.
• Present to Leadership: Share insights and recommendations with senior leadership, including EMT, within the first 3060 days.
• Support Data Pipeline Evolution: Contribute to the teams transition to Snowflake by improving data pipeline efficiency and modeling capabilities.
• Enable Strategic Planning: Provide statistical data to support goal-setting, capital planning, and stress testing.
• Communicate Insights Clearly: Translate complex findings into actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Perform Ad-Hoc Analysis: Design and present custom analyses, profiles, and market research as needed.
• Write Efficient Queries: Use business intelligence tools and cloud platforms to code queries that integrate multiple data sources.

What Youll Gain

• A high-impact role where your work directly supports BECUs strategic growth goals.
• Opportunities to present your work to executive leadership and influence key decisions.
• A collaborative, sprint-based team environment with autonomy and minimal dependencies.
• Exposure to cutting-edge tools like Python, Alteryx, Snowflake, and Power BI/Tableau.
• A chance to improve member satisfaction and access through data-driven insights.
• A culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and member-first thinking.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or Economics.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with scripting languages (SQL, Python, R, etc.) and statistical software (SAS, MatLab, ML platforms, etc.).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial, marketing, or tech industry.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a related field.
• Experience using Alteryx and Google Analytics/BigQuery.
• Experience with visual data analytics tools including Tableau, Power BI, or Google Data Studio.
• Familiarity with marketing data systems such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, customer data platforms, Fiserv, or SiteCore.
• Strong presentation and project management skills.
• Experience with Snowflake or other cloud data platforms.
• Background in financial modeling or P&L analysis.
• Comfort working in data environments without a formal data dictionary.

EEO Statement

BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.