
Senior Data Scientist – Fraud Risk
Rain
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $239,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the metrics, dashboards, and reports that inform business strategy and decision-making.
- Design and implement real-time monitoring systems for fraud signals and alerting thresholds.
- Design, simulate, and implement real-time risk controls using real-time and offline predictive ML models.
- Balance risk controls with customer experience by focusing on loss savings, reduced user friction and margin improvement.
- Partner with go-to-market teams to demonstrate the technical and business value of risk controls to customers.
- Effectively summarize complex analytical results to leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
- Assist partners when they have fraud concerns with their traffic.
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python.
- 3+ years hands-on experience working on automated fraud risk strategies and experimentation (A/B tests) including implementation of real-time and offline predictive ML models.
- Skilled in designing, building, and maintaining dashboards and fraud risk metrics.
- The ability to manage ambiguous problems and find solutions.
- High autonomy including the ability to prioritize your workload effectively.
- Relevant quantitative bachelor’s (or higher) degree (Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, etc.).
- Bonus attributes: Experience at a high-growth fintech company or financial services company; exposure to customer-facing or GTM-facing analytics or fraud issue triaging; background in identity risk, AML, payments fraud, or compliance analytics.
Benefits
- Unlimited time off
- Flexible working
- Easy to access benefits
- Retirement goals
- Equity plan
- Health and Wellness
- Team summits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
SQLPythonreal-time monitoring systemspredictive ML modelsA/B testingdashboard designfraud risk metricsrisk controlsdata analysisquantitative analysis
Soft skills
problem-solvingautonomyprioritizationcommunicationanalytical thinkingcollaborationpresentation skillscustomer focusadaptabilitystakeholder engagement
Certifications
bachelor's degreemaster's degree