<div>Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology, education services, and learning management solutions to education and faith-based organizations, serving more than 1,300 higher education institutions, 11,500 K-12 schools, 3,500 churches, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a Nelnet company, the perks at NBS go beyond our benefits package. You’re part of a community, invested in you as an individual and united by our mission to create opportunities for people where they live, learn and work.</div><div>The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for leading the development and implementation of machine learning models to solve complex business problems.&nbsp; This position works with large datasets, cleans and pre-processes data, and performs exploratory data analysis to understand the underlying patterns and trends.&nbsp; The Senior Data Scientist is also responsible for mentoring more junior Data Scientists, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership.</div><div><br><strong>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong><br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Conduct advanced analyses and statistical deep dives, with a focus on producing actionable recommendations and strategic guidance for decision makers.<br>2.&nbsp; &nbsp; Develop and deploy custom models and algorithms using data and machine learning libraries to solve complex business problems.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mine, clean, process, transform and join data from a variety of sources including SQL servers, AWS environments, Azure, SnowFlake, SalesForce, internal systems, and flat files.<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Identify, wrangle, scrape, and assemble new data sources from the web, data aggregators, and public sources.<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Build rich, interactive dashboards and visualizations from the ground up using PowerBI.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Compile and present key findings and reports to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.&nbsp;<br>7.&nbsp; &nbsp; Continuously seek out opportunities to add value through process automation and programmatic solutions to manual tasks and monitor and improve Data Science model performance.&nbsp;<br>8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Act as a subject matter expert within the data science field. Continuously learn, grow, and explore new emerging technologies. (Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices.<br>9.&nbsp; &nbsp; Problem-solve, generate new ideas, and provide creative solutions.<br>10.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mentor, model, act as a resource, and provide guidance for more junior analysts and team members.&nbsp;<br>11.&nbsp; &nbsp; Lead development, testing and implementation of machine-learning models and algorithms using data and machine learning to solve complex business problems.<br>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Salary range for this role is: $63,000- $127,000</strong><br>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>EDUCATION</strong>:&nbsp;<br>PHD degree required in a Quantitative (heavy in mathematics, statistics or analysis, such as Applied Mathematics, Optimization, Psychology, or Economics) or Programming discipline.&nbsp;</div><div><br><strong>EXPERIENCE</strong>:&nbsp;<br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; 2+ years of experience in data analysis.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; 1+ years of programming experience.&nbsp;<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Significant experience working with large, complex data sets and common data science tools.<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Experience working with database Python.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Experience designing, building, deploying, and validating machine-learning predictive models, ideally within a business framework.</div><div>7. Experience training multi model design to structure and train for unstructured data matching.</div><div>8. Experience training LLM models for specialized use cases</div><div><br><strong>COMPETENCIES – SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:</strong><br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Highly inquisitive and self-motivated.<br>2.&nbsp; &nbsp; Ability to map out solutions with a starting point and end goal, but with few steps identified in-between.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Exceptional ability to analyze and synthesize data.<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python.&nbsp;<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency navigating and working within the AWS cloud suite.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency designing self-learning models that result in logarithm trends to identify trends in data to predict potential outcomes or missing data fields.<br>7.&nbsp; &nbsp; Core understanding of statistical concepts and methods.<br>8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency in the MS Office Suite.<br>9.&nbsp; &nbsp; Highly accountable and inquisitive, able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.&nbsp;<br>10.&nbsp; &nbsp; Self-motivated.<br>11.&nbsp; &nbsp; Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and interpersonal) to coordinate across teams and deliver polished presentations.</div><div>12. Experience with training NumPy and Pandas models.<br><br>Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance &amp; AD&amp;D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program.&nbsp;</div>

Senior Data Scientist

<div>GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. We believe cash transfers are one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid, with the research to back it up. Our work has been covered by The Economist, NPR, TED, and The Washington Post. We are one of Time100’s Most Influential Companies of 2026.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Our culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical. We support high ownership and real professional growth. Curious about what it's really like to work here? Read our values and hear from the people who do. If they resonate, this could be a great fit!<br><br></div><div><strong><br>Location: </strong><strong><em>This role is fully remote but must be available to meet with East Africa timezone by at least 2 hours a couple of times a week. </em></strong><em>We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.<br></em><br></div><div><strong><br>About this role<br></strong><br></div><div>Technology plays a central role in how GiveDirectly delivers cash—whether that’s identifying recipients in hard-to-reach places, sending payments quickly after disasters, or powering the platforms our donors use to give.<br><br></div><div>We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the systems behind this work. Our engineering team still operates like a startup within GiveDirectly—lean, fast-moving, and high-autonomy. You’ll lean into product thinking, help shape the roadmap, and collaborate closely across disciplines to solve real-world problems. The specific team you’ll join is still being finalized—it could be:<br><br></div><ul><li>Our <strong>Programs Engineering</strong> team (getting cash in the hands of people experiencing extreme poverty),</li><li>Our <strong>Fundraising Engineering</strong> team (raising more money for recipients), or</li><li>Our <strong>International Rapid Response</strong> team (getting cash to disaster-affected communities within 5 days of a crisis—anywhere in the world)</li></ul><div><br>No matter the team, you’ll play a central role in scaling our impact: getting more money, to more people, more efficiently.</div><div><br>This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You’ll help shape architecture, ship production-ready code, and work side-by-side with teammates across product, data, and operations. We’re looking for someone excited to wear multiple hats, move quickly, and define what great engineering looks like in a mission-driven org<br><br></div><div><strong>Level: Senior Software Engineer<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Travel Requirement: </strong>Must be able to travel ~1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits.<br><br></div><div><strong>What you’ll do:<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Design and build scalable, reliable systems that power our core operations—whether that’s donor platforms, systems that deliver payments directly to recipients, or crisis response tools reaching hundreds of thousands of people globally.</li><li>Own end-to-end development of new features and services, from architecture through deployment and monitoring.</li><li>Improve our developer workflows by strengthening CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual steps, and increasing test coverage.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, ops, data) to understand real-world needs and ship tools that directly support program delivery in the field.</li><li>Debug and resolve production issues across our stack, with a focus on root cause analysis and long-term fixes.</li><li>Advocate for sustainable engineering practices, including testing, documentation, and monitoring</li><li>Help shape our tech roadmap with an eye toward scale, maintainability, and recipient experience</li></ul><div><strong><br>What you’ll bring:<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values</strong> and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.</li><li>Language Requirement: English</li><li>4+ years of industry experience creating production-caliber software and systems</li><li>Experience with backend architecture: databases, cloud services, APIs</li><li>Experience building infrastructure to deploy software</li><li>Experience with strongly-typed, object-oriented programming such as Java, C#, Go, etc. and scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, etc.</li><li>High degree of ownership and autonomy - you proactively advocate for ways to improve systems and constantly leave our codebase in a better state than you found it</li><li>Strong analytical skills and communication - able to break down complex problems, describe technical trade-offs, and collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g. technical program managers, product managers)</li><li>Bonus: Experience using Python and AWS in a production environment</li><li>Bonus: experience with payments/financial software and/or experience with microservice/serverless architecture</li></ul><div><strong><br>Compensation<br></strong><br></div><div><br>At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to calculate what we believe to be competitive pay based on role, location, and cost of living. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. Read more about our compensation philosophy <strong>here</strong>.<br><br></div><div><br>Unless otherwise noted, the benefits stipend may be used to cover benefits or taken as additional taxable income.</div><div><strong><br>United States<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> $157,500</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~$23,625, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $27,641 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $181,125+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> $21,393</li></ul><div><strong><br>United Kingdom<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> £108,150</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~£16,223, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be £18,981 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: £124,373+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> £2,760</li></ul><div><strong><br>Kenya<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> $91,500</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~$13,725, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $16,063 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $105,225+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> $8,453</li></ul><div><br>This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US, UK or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><strong><br>Why work at GiveDirectly?<br></strong><br></div><div><br>At GiveDirectly, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to excel in your role and on your team, including:<br><br></div><ul><li>A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement&nbsp;</li><li>A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow</li><li>A competitive salary, including bonus</li><li>A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)</li><li>Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!)</li><li>Desk allowance and flexible work location</li></ul><div><strong><br>About this specific hiring process<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Take-home coding assignment</li><li>Live Coding (60 mins)</li><li>Systems Design (60 mins)</li><li>Project Deep Dive + Behavioral (60 mins)</li></ul><div><br>*It’s possible that there will be adjustments to this interview process. Any changes will be communicated to you during the process.</div>

Senior Software Engineer

<div><strong>Help Us Build the Relational Operating System for Churches and Ministries</strong></div><div><br>Most churches serve hundreds, if not thousands, of people.</div><div><br>Yet, very few people in these communities feel truly known.</div><div><br>People drift away from faith communities every day not because they reject belief — but because nobody notices they disappeared.</div><div><br>At Called, we’re building the relational operating system for churches and ministries.</div><div><br>Our platform helps ministry leaders know their people, build stronger community, and foster deeper discipleship throughout the week — not just on Sundays.</div><div><br>We’re a small, high-trust team building meaningful software with modern tools, AI-assisted workflows, and a strong sense of mission. We move fast, care deeply about product quality, and believe technology should strengthen human relationships, not replace them.</div><div><br>If you want to work on another ad platform or optimize clicks, this probably isn’t for you.</div><div><br>If you want to help rebuild community in a disconnected world, keep reading.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>About the Role</strong></div><div>We are looking for an Associate Full Stack Product Engineer with a frontend focus to help build and maintain thoughtful, reliable, and easy-to-use product experiences across the Called platform.</div><div><br></div><div>This role will spend much of its time building user-facing features using React, React Query, TypeScript, and modern frontend best practices while also contributing to backend APIs, services, and data models using Python, Django, and PostgreSQL.</div><div><br></div><div>This is an ideal role for someone who has already built and shipped software in a professional, internship, freelance, startup, or meaningful project environment and is ready to grow into greater ownership and responsibility.</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll help shape real product decisions, ship features used by ministries across the country, and grow quickly as both an engineer and product thinker.<br><br></div><div><strong>What You'll Do<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Build and maintain frontend features using React, React Query, CSS Modules, and modern frontend best practices.</li><li>Create responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces.</li><li>Work with backend APIs to fetch, update, and manage application data.</li><li>Help QA new and existing product features by testing user workflows, identifying bugs, documenting issues clearly, and verifying fixes before release.</li><li>Contribute to backend services and APIs using Python, Django, and related tools.</li><li>Debug and troubleshoot issues across the frontend and backend.</li><li>Participate in code reviews, testing, and team knowledge-sharing.</li><li>Grow toward owning features from planning through implementation and release.<br><br></li></ul><div><strong>Our Engineering Philosophy</strong></div><div>We believe modern engineers should be dramatically amplified by AI.</div><div><br>Our team actively uses AI-assisted workflows for development, debugging, prototyping, testing, documentation, and rapid product iteration.</div><div><br>We care far more about builders who can move fast, learn quickly, and solve problems than developers obsessed with rigid specialization.</div><div><br><strong>We value:</strong></div><ul><li>Ownership over bureaucracy</li><li>Shipping over perfectionism</li><li>Curiosity over ego</li><li>Product thinking over ticket completion</li><li>Mission and craftsmanship equally<br><br></li></ul><div><strong>What We’re Looking For</strong></div><ul><li>1-3 years of software development experience, including professional experience, internships, freelance work, experience, or a strong portfolio of relevant projects.</li><li>Experience using AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to support coding, debugging, documentation, automation, or developer productivity.</li><li>Experience building web applications with React.</li><li>Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and responsive design.</li><li>Experience working with APIs and understanding how frontend applications communicate with backend systems.</li><li>Basic backend development experience, ideally with Python, Django, REST APIs, or similar frameworks.</li><li>Experience using Git and working in a collaborative development environment.</li><li>A willingness to learn, ask questions, receive feedback, and grow as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>A passion for building technology that supports a mission-driven organization.</li></ul><div><br><br></div><div><strong>People Who Thrive Here</strong></div><ul><li>Builders who like ownership over bureaucracy</li><li>Engineers who care deeply about user experience</li><li>Developers excited by AI</li><li>Curious learners who move fast and adapt quickly</li><li>Mission-driven people who still love great product craft</li><li>Team players with low ego and high standards</li></ul><div><strong><br>Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)</strong></div><ul><li>Familiarity with Docker, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, or automated testing.</li><li>Experience with authentication, permissions, or role-based access control.</li><li>Interest in performance, accessibility, and frontend polish.</li></ul><div><br><strong>What You’ll Love About Us</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li>100% remote position</li><li>Small team with real ownership and influence</li><li>Fast decision-making and minimal bureaucracy</li><li>AI-forward engineering culture</li><li>Strong work/life boundaries</li><li>Generous PTO and 12 paid holidays</li><li>Company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s</li><li>Health benefits</li><li>Opportunity for rapid growth and mentorship</li><li>Mission-driven work with real-world impact</li></ul><div><br></div><div><em>Newman Ministry is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.</em></div>

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