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Lead Data Scientist

Toronto, CanadaFull-timeCA$127k–CA$203k2026-09-25 → 2026-11-13

Core

Lead a team to develop and deliver actionable insights and products to help issuers, acquirers, and merchants reduce fraud using worldwide data.

Role type

Lead Data Scientist (Fraud & Risk)

Builds

New fraud-related products and services

Domain

Financial services / Payments / Cybersecurity

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Spark, complex SQL queries, agentic AI systems (LLM-based agents), data analysis languages, UNIX

Preferred skills

Subject matter expertise in payments/cards/fraud, combining knowledge across disciplines

Technologies

Python, Spark, UNIX

Responsibilities

Extract value from existing data sources to understand, detect, and prevent fraud; Analyze worldwide fraud data to gain insights; Apply modeling techniques to identify and understand fraud; Build and manage new fraud-related products and services

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC with team contribution