GEICO

Staff Applied Research Scientist – Fraud Detection

GEICO

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityCaliforniaIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $260,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Identify High-Impact Opportunities: Proactively surface and shape high-value AI/ML initiatives by engaging with product, engineering, and operations to align technical roadmaps with strategic business goals.
  • Architecture & Technical Direction: Provide architectural leadership for AI/ML solutions impacting multiple stakeholders.
  • Development & Productionization: Lead end-to-end delivery of AI/ML solutions, including model design, data pipelines, feature stores, evaluation, deployment, A/B testing, and monitoring in real-time and batch environments.
  • ROI Measurement & Experimentation: Establish robust mechanisms to quantify business impact.
  • Innovation & Research Integration: Stay current with cutting-edge research in ML, GenAI, and optimization.
  • Mentorship & Capability Building: Mentor junior and senior scientists, elevate technical standards and foster a culture of scientific rigor and engineering excellence.
  • Communication & Executive Engagement: Translate complex technical topics into clear narratives for technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

  • BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, PhD is preferred.
  • At least 6+ years of professional experience delivering applied AI/ML solutions in production, including leading cross-functional initiatives with enterprise impact.
  • Proven expertise in leveraging machine learning, large language models (LLMs), and agentic AI systems to design, develop, and deploy advanced fraud detection and prevention solutions.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL; deep experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Scikit-learn.
  • Demonstrated experience establishing KPI frameworks, experimentation, and causal analysis to quantify model impact and inform prioritization.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with a track record of driving alignment and adoption across product, engineering, and business teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to set the right context and explain complex technical topics to varied audiences, including executives.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
  • Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
  • Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
  • Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
machine learninglarge language modelsagentic AI systemsPythonSQLPyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learndata pipelinesA/B testing
Soft skills
mentorshipstakeholder managementcommunicationalignmenttechnical narrative translationscientific rigorengineering excellence
Certifications
BS in Computer SciencePhD in related field