or apply directly on Plata Card's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Plata Card's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Plata Card's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Plata Card
- high 192 stale, 56 reposted of 222 open
- Hiring momentum
- 346 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Plata Card's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Plata Card.
About this role
As a Principal Research Scientist at Plata, you will lead the foundation model program, developing and deploying production-grade models that impact key business metrics related to credit decisions. Your role involves building models using extensive financial datasets, driving technical decisions, mentoring team members, and communicating results to stakeholders. You will also engage in research and contribute to the academic community by publishing work and speaking at conferences.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Plata Card as an employer.
What you need
- Proven experience applying deep learning to sequential data
- Strong foundation in mathematical statistics and probability theory
- Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms (GBM, MLP, CNN, RNN, Transformers, etc.)
- Experience taking large models to production: distributed training, model serving, latency/cost trade-offs
- Ability to strike a reasonable balance between solution complexity and practical applicability
- Strong mathematical or technical education - degree in mathematics, physics, or CS from a top technical university
Nice to have
- Transformer architectures on event/transaction sequences strongly preferred
- Kaggle Competitions Master/Grandmaster or equivalent
- Experience developing models in banking or consumer lending
What you get
- Relocation support to one of our hubs - Mexico, Cyprus, Serbia, Spain with assistance for the employee and their family
- Flexible work from one of our offices or remote
- Healthcare coverage
- Education budget: language lessons, professional training and certifications
- Wellness budget: mental health and fitness activity reimbursements
- Vacation policy: 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves high responsibility with end-to-end ownership of models
- Fast-paced environment may require adaptability to rapid changes
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Listed by Plata Card on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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