Lead Data Scientist (POC Data Science)
• We’re looking for a Lead - PoC Data Science to lead our stellar Proof of Concept (PoC) data science team
- This is a player-coach role where you will drive critical proof-of-concept (PoC) projects for enterprise customers and financial institutions, while developing your team’s craft and accelerating their impact
- We’re seeking a hands-on leader with a passion for fraud prevention and the ability to build from scratch while thriving in high-stakes environments
- You will work directly with clients to understand their unique fraud challenges, rapidly prototype proof-of-concept models, and help build scalable production ready solutions using fraud analytics and machine learning
- You’ll own a mix of client-facing POC/POV delivery, DS/ML product development, and team performance, with fraud domain expertise and technical credibility to work directly with clients, and with internal engineering, sales and product teams
- Lead and develop a team of IC data scientists — set direction, unblock work, run 1:1s, and grow each person’s scope and impact
- Own POC/POV delivery — partner directly with enterprise customers to demonstrate fraud-loss reduction and platform ROI, from first data pull through to stakeholder readout
- Stay hands-on in the technical work — build or review ML models, conduct in-depth fraud analyses, and ship production-grade solutions alongside your team
- Define and track performance metrics — design dashboards and reporting frameworks to measure the effectiveness of risk strategies across clients
- Translate client problems into data solutions — act as a senior point of contact for fraud challenges, turning complex findings into clear recommendations
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, and GTM to scope work, influence the roadmap, and ensure fraud solutions and models get instrumented and scaled correctly
- Drive experimentation — support A/B testing to safely validate new strategies before full rollout
- Raise the bar on craft — mentor IC data scientists on modeling rigor, storytelling with data, and client communication
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off and minimum 2 weeks/year of mandatory vacation
- Generous equity compensation
- One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, monitors, etc
- Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
- Monthly meal stipend
- Annual fitness allowance
- 100% of health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 50% for dependents
- MacBook Pro delivered to your door
- 4% matching in 401k
- Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory
- Company-wide offsites, the last one was at Miami