Rabobank
Rabobank
Rabobank is a cooperative financial services group rooted in the Netherlands, where local lending cooperatives formed the foundation of its business. Today, the company provides banking, mortgages, savings and investments alongside asset management, leasing, insurance, real estate, and advisory services. With about 61,100 employees serving roughly 10 million customers in 47 countries, Rabobank offers a broad international environment across financial services and related professional functions.

Junior Data Scientist, Advanced Analytics

Join Rabobank’s 18-month Early Career Program in Utrecht, building machine learning and generative AI solutions for banking products. Work with Python and Databricks across analytics development, from data engineering and model evaluation to production.

Description

  • Build and improve artificial intelligence, analytics and machine learning solutions.
  • Contribute to the CLUE Client Lifecycle Understanding Engine team.
  • Create client clustering and propensity models to inform product suggestions.
  • Apply traditional machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI.
  • Contribute throughout the product lifecycle, from design through production.
  • Handle data and ML engineering, model estimation and evaluation, and prompt engineering.
  • Connect statistical knowledge and data insights with technical infrastructure.
  • Turn business requests into data science solutions.
  • Work with experienced colleagues to put analytical ideas into practice.
  • Share knowledge and support technical development in the Advanced Analytics community.
  • Take part in the 18-month Advanced Analytics Early Career Program.

Requirements

  • Have completed or be close to completing a master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Mathematics or a comparable technical field.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of traditional machine learning or statistics and AI model implementation through study, a thesis, internship, project or personal work.
  • Have 0–2 years of work experience after graduation.
  • Have experience with Python.
  • Be interested in traditional machine learning and generative AI, including agentic AI.
  • Be interested in the technical infrastructure behind AI solutions.
  • Communicate technical ideas clearly and work effectively with colleagues.
  • Have an excellent command of English.
  • Currently live in the Netherlands.
  • Nice to have: experience with Databricks.
  • Nice to have: a technical project outside a formal study program.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with cloud technology, Git or continuous integration and delivery.
  • Complete a reliability assessment as part of the procedure.
  • Be prepared to take an assessment during the application process.
  • Submit a motivation letter.

Benefits

  • Thirteenth-month salary.
  • 8% holiday allowance.
  • 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
  • €1,400 annual development budget.
  • Hybrid work with a balance of home and office days.
  • Pension plan with an adjustable maximum personal contribution.
  • Workshops and training modules.
  • Buddy support and personal development guidance.

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