Job Description

Junior Associate, Solution Engineering (Data Science) - Pune, India
Are you excited by the opportunity of using your knowledge of development to lead a team to success? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it's time to join Western Union as a Junior Associate, Solution Engineering.
Western Union powers your pursuit
You will be working with a team of professionals with a broad range of responsibilities including all aspects of software engineering like requirements, understanding and validation, solution design detailed design, development, testing and software configuration management. Build products, systems, and services that are optimized, well organized and maintainable, and have a high impact on our end users.
Role Responsibilities

• Applying Data Science methods in solving business use cases preferably in Banking and Financial Services, Payments and Fintech domain.
• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.
• Partners with key business stakeholders through the projects and ensure smooth knowledge transfer for better utilization of the end work product in business decisioning.
• Works with cross-functional teams to develop and implement the AI/ML solutions for frequent usage in decisioning.
• Design, Build, Deploy, Measure Performance of AI/ML Solutions that align with the stakeholder expectations using the appropriate and most effective ML methods.
• To utilize expertise in Analytics, Machine Learning and AI to build solutions that leverage relevant data sources.
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development.
• Breaks down the problem into its constituent parts; evaluates the available solution options while solving problems.
• Can prioritize individual tasks based on project criticalities, proactively plans based on critical inputs from historical data, analyses work output and plans for contingencies.

Role Requirements

• 1-2 years of extensive experience in Machine Learning (supervised and unsupervised both), Classification, Data/Text Mining, NLP, Decision Trees, Random Forest, Model Explain ability, Bias Detection, ML model deployment.
• Hands on expertise in building and deploying machine learning models using tools like Python, AWS Sagemaker, Dataiku.
• Familiarity with building data pipelines in ETL tools like Matillion/Talend to support the AWS model deployments would be a plus.
• Extra points for having experience in building GenAI solutions for business use cases using AWS services like Bedrock with a good understanding of LLM models commonly used today.
• Team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Being Curious, Inquisitive and Creative is what will help you excel in the role.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what's next.
Western Union is positioned to become the world's most accessible financial services company --transforming lives and communities. We're a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.
Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you're ready to help drive the future of financial services, it's time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.
Benefits
You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few( ). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.
Your India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund [EPF]
• Gratuity Payment
• Public holidays
• Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave
• Annual Health Check-up
• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)
• Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel
• Insurance
• Cab Facility
• Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, solve problems together, and innovate.
Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation for Hybrid roles in the Philippines is to work from the office at least 70% of the employee's working days per month.
We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation for applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.
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Estimated Job Posting End Date: 07-13-2025
This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.