CareerPlan

Staff Data Scientist - Fraud Strategy

SeoulFull-time2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead Coupang Pay's fraud strategy to safeguard customers and the payment ecosystem from fraud, account takeover, and financial crime threats.

Role type

Staff Data Scientist (Fraud Strategy)

Builds

Scalable, technology-driven fraud prevention and detection solutions for Coupang Pay.

Domain

Fintech / Payments / E-commerce

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Fraud strategy, risk management, machine learning, graph analytics, behavioral analytics, identity risk assessment, account takeover detection, large-scale data analysis, real-time decisioning systems, Python, SQL, HIVE

Preferred skills

AI/LLMs, intelligent automation, card payments, issuer/acquirer risk management, chargeback management, fraud capabilities scaling in high-growth organizations

Technologies

Python, SQL, HIVE, Machine Learning, Graph Analytics, AI/LLMs

Responsibilities

Identify emerging risks and develop scalable prevention/detection solutions; Design and optimize fraud controls and risk policies; Analyze transaction and behavioral datasets to identify attack patterns; Partner with cross-functional teams to translate insights into production rules and models; Evaluate and leverage advanced technologies for fraud detection; Assess fraud risks for new products/initiatives; Monitor fraud performance metrics and drive continuous improvement; Lead root-cause analyses of significant fraud incidents; Communicate fraud trends and strategic priorities to leadership.

Seniority

Staff, strategic IC with deep expertise