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Data Engineer, Fraud Predictive Analytics

Toronto, ON, CAN, CAFull-time$80k–$175k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Develops predictive models and intelligent automation for fraud detection, investigation, and prevention using advanced analytics and machine learning.

Role type

Senior Data Engineer (Fraud Predictive Analytics)

Builds

Fraud detection, investigation, and prevention tools/models for the Financial Crimes Unit

Domain

Financial Services / Fraud Analytics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SQL, Python, PySpark, XGBoost, H2O, SparkML, statistical analysis, multivariate testing, optimization algorithms, pattern detection

Preferred skills

Experience building fraud models for large Financial Institutions, deep learning, artificial intelligence

Technologies

SQL, Python, PySpark, XGBoost, H2O, SparkML

Responsibilities

Conduct research to identify and recommend solutions for financial crimes risk exposures; Support data collection, integration, and retention requirements; Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to test and refine hypotheses; Diagnose and resolve predictive model performance issues; Work with data owners to select and assemble source data into prepared datasets.

Seniority

Senior, 5-7 years experience