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Senior Data Scientist - Fraud Detection

Toronto, Ontario, Canada💼 Full-time💰 $120,000–$120,000🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Build production ML models for fraud detection and lead hands-on investigations into specific fraud cases to reconstruct attacker behavior and improve detection systems.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (fraud detection & investigation)

Builds

Production ML models, fraud investigation reports, and trend analysis for anti-fraud platforms

Domain

Fintech / Cybersecurity / Fraud Risk

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Python, SQL, PySpark, feature engineering, large-scale data processing, classic ML models (Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting), agentic AI, hypothesis testing, pattern synthesis

Preferred skills

Experience with network graphs, device intelligence, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Hadoop

Technologies

Python, SQL, PySpark, Spark, AWS, GCP, Azure, Hadoop

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end model development from ideation to production and monitoring; Develop predictive features from complex, multi-dimensional data; Process massive, noisy, imbalanced datasets; Automate analytic pipelines using agentic AI; Lead investigations into complex fraud cases to reconstruct attacker sequences; Produce technical reports and trend narratives for stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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