Florian Koch

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Staff Data Scientist at Microsoft · survival analysis, SQL

Microsoft
Hamburg, Germany · CET (UTC+1)
12+ years experience
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, German
Collaborating
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Overview

14 years in data science and analytics, the last 2 at Microsoft, where I work on the risk team. Replaced 42 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Most at home with SQL and survival analysis.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Collaborators for my side project
  • Questions about credit risk modelling
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on XGBoost
Please don't message about
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Data broker offers
  • Survey or panel invitations

Best reached early in the week

Skills
credit scoringPythonsurvival analysisXGBoostSQLmodel governance
CollaboratingLooking to collaborate
closes in 3 months

Looking for collaborators on an open-source XGBoost toolkit

Project
An open-source XGBoost toolkit
Skills needed
Backend, Marketing
Time commitment
A few hours a week
Outcome
Open-source release

A few hours a week. Based in Hamburg, happy to work remotely.

Hamburg, Germanymodel governancesqlpython
Open

Experience

  1. Staff Data Scientist
    Dec 2024 - Present
    Microsoft · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Replaced 100 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Built the risk models now used in 6 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Scientist
    Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
    Novo Nordisk · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Took the risk models through 3 regulatory model reviews.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  3. Analytics Manager
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
    Deloitte · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Built the risk models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  4. Senior Data Scientist
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
    Google · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 8% at flat losses.
  5. Data Analyst
    Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
    ING · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Replaced 47 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

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Education

  1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    MSc, Computer Science
    2014 - 2016
  2. Sorbonne University
    Licence, Computer Science
    2008 - 2011

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