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Sr Data Scientist, Risk Strategy

San Jose, United States (US)💼 Full-time💰 $223,661–$223,661🗓 2026-05-27 → 2026-07-31

Core

Sr Data Scientist driving risk strategy and fraud detection for a crypto exchange using advanced machine learning and data mining.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (risk/fraud)

Builds

Fraud detection models, risk analytics systems, and investigative toolkits for a crypto exchange

Domain

Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Financial Services, Fraud Analytics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Fraud analytics, Machine learning algorithms (GBM, XGBoost, LGBM), SQL, Python, R, Graph analytics, Unsupervised learning, Data mining, Statistical modeling

Preferred skills

Crypto/Blockchain experience, Startup environment experience, Innovation in unstructured data processes

Technologies

XGBoost, LGBM, Random Forest, SQL, Python, R

Responsibilities

Identify complex fraud patterns and root causes via data mining; Serve as technical SME for data mining techniques; Collaborate with stakeholders to communicate findings; Provide technical guidance for engineering projects integrating new data points; Link graph analytics to mitigate fraud networks; Apply unsupervised learning to detect portfolio anomalies; Develop machine learning models; Partner with product and engineering to implement features and models

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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