Emma Knight

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Senior Data Scientist, Atlassian - model governance · Python · survival analysis

Atlassian
Los Angeles, CA · PT (UTC-8)
5+ years experience
Johns Hopkins University
English
Open to workCollaborating
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Overview

Based in Los Angeles. I work on credit risk modelling at Atlassian. Took the risk models through 2 regulatory model reviews. Before that: Apple and Uber. Learning to draw.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in credit risk modelling
  • Collaborators for my side project
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • SEO and link-building offers
Skills
Pythonmodel governanceSQLcredit scoringsurvival analysisXGBoost
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Scientist in media, Los Angeles or hybrid

Target roles
Data Scientist
Level
Mid
Industries
Logistics, AI infrastructure
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the CA
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (Series A) where credit risk modelling is core to the product.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

5 years in credit risk modelling. Strongest at XGBoost and SQL. Serving notice now.

Los Angeles, CAsurvival analysisxgboostcredit scoring
Open
CollaboratingLooking to collaborate
closes in 3 months

Co-writing an essay series about credit risk modelling - looking for a co-author

Project
An essay series about credit risk modelling - looking for a co-author
Skills needed
XGBoost, survival analysis
Time commitment
Part-time
Outcome
Small product with real users

No money involved, just a good project. Some groundwork already done.

Los Angeles, CApythonsqlsurvival analysis
Open

Experience

  1. Senior Data Scientist
    May 2026 - Present
    Atlassian · 5 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Built the risk models now used in 3 product decisions a quarter.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  2. Data Scientist
    Sep 2023 - May 2026
    Apple · 2 yr 8 mo · Contract · Los Angeles, CA
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 11% at flat losses.
    • Taught SQL to 105 non-analysts.
  3. Data Scientist
    Oct 2021 - Sep 2023
    Uber · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Taught SQL to 137 non-analysts.
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 13% at flat losses.

Projects

Credit risk modelling benchmark
2026

Reproducible benchmarks comparing XGBoost and survival analysis on real workloads.

Write-up: credit risk modelling in practice
2024

A long-form guide to credit risk modelling for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Johns Hopkins University
    MS, Mathematics
    2020 - 2022
  2. NYU
    BA, Mathematics
    2016 - 2020

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