Data Scientist

Position Overview:

We are seeking an innovative and analytical Data Scientist to join BlueHub Capital. This role will focus on extracting meaningful insights from large, complex financial datasets to drive business strategy, improve risk management, optimize products, and enhance customer experience. The ideal candidate combines strong technical and statistical skills with business acumen and a passion for solving real-world problems with data. This position will report to our Chief Information Officer and will play a crucial role in building and scaling the organization’s data infrastructure. We are seeking a candidate who is local to the Boston, MA area and comfortable working a hybrid schedule of three days of work in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and two days of remote work (Monday & Friday).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Design, develop, and implement advanced statistical models and machine learning algorithms to solve business challenges.
• Analyze large-scale structured and unstructured financial datasets from multiple sources.
• Perform statistical analyses, identifying trends, and developing predictive models to inform lending decisions and impact assessment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Finance, Risk, Marketing, and Technology—to define business problems and translate them into analytical solutions.
• Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to communicate findings to stakeholders, including management, investors, and community partners.
• Contribute to the development of the company’s data science tools, infrastructure, and best practices.
• Ensure adherence to data privacy, security, and compliance standards including CCPA
• Build, test, and deploy production-ready models; monitor and maintain model performance over time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, preferably in financial services, banking, fintech, or insurance.
• Ability to communicate complex technical findings and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders clearly and effectively.
• Experience in leading or supporting the build out a data warehouse/LLM
• Strong skills in SQL and working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling and machine learning.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau and Power BI).
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Solid understanding of statistical methods, machine learning algorithms, and model evaluation techniques.

About BlueHub:

BlueHub Capital is a mission-driven, nonprofit community development financing organization focused on building healthy communities where low-income people live and work. We use innovative financial tools and deploy capital to support projects that make communities more vibrant places to live. BlueHub has four distinct programs: BlueHub Loan Fund (community development financing), BlueHub SUN (foreclosure relief), BlueHub Energy (clean energy access) and One Percent for America (citizenship financing). Since our founding in 1985, BlueHub has invested over $3.1 billion (and leveraged over $16.1 billion) to finance:

• Affordable housing, school facilities, child and youth development programs, community-based health centers, grocery stores, and community gathering places
• Reducing financial barriers to US citizenship
• Clean energy enhancements that expand access to solar and other renewable sources for people with low incomes
• Mortgage lending for families facing foreclosure

Increasing economic opportunity is at the heart of why BlueHub exists and why we do the work we do. Our investments focus on communities that have been systematically denied access to capital. Our offices are located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA. To learn more about BlueHub Capital, please visit, www.bluehubcapital.org.

BlueHub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, active military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth, and breastfeeding and expressing breast milk), genetic information, or other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. It is our goal to make employment decisions that further the principle of equal employment opportunity by utilizing objective standards based upon an individual’s qualifications for a specific job opening.