Build an End-to-End ML Pipeline for Loan-Default Prediction
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Build a loan-default prediction pipeline with feature engineering, model training, and business KPI evaluation. Earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The fintech (Series B, around 110 staff, USD 240M loan book) currently has a 7.2% portfolio default rate and wants ML scoring to lift approval rate by 5pp at constant default rate within 6 months.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Build a reproducible, tested, end-to-end ML pipeline for loan-default risk that engineering can productionize.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design and implement a reproducible end-to-end ML pipeline
- Apply pipeline-style unit testing to feature-engineering code
- Tie model evaluation to a real business KPI, not just AUROC
- Hand off ML code in a state engineering can productionize
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Ml Pipelines
Apply ml pipelines to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Feature Engineering
Apply feature engineering to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Pipeline Testing
Apply pipeline testing to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Gradient Boosting
Apply gradient boosting to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Reproducibility
Apply reproducibility to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Python
Write clean, efficient Python for data processing, automation, and backend services.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles:
Machine Learning Engineer
End-to-end, tested ML pipelines hand-off-able to engineering are the headline portfolio piece for any MLE role in fintech or other regulated industries.
This challenge sharpens
- ml-pipelines
- pipeline-testing
- reproducibility
MLOps Engineer
Reproducible pipelines, packaged artifacts, and a runnable scoring entrypoint are exactly what MLOps engineers expect when they take ownership of a model.
This challenge sharpens
- ml-pipelines
- reproducibility
- python
Data Engineer
Feature-layer testing and deterministic pipelines bridge directly into data-engineering work on feature stores and ETL orchestration.
This challenge sharpens
- feature-engineering
- pipeline-testing
- ml-pipelines