Databricks
Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety
$192K–$260K
San Francisco, California · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 19, 2025
- Experience
- 7+ years; no stated alternatives.
- Education
- Master’s or higher in quantitative fields or equivalent experience in industry.
About the job
Develops data science and machine learning solutions to detect anomalous activity, fraud, and abuse, and improve security, compliance, and safety across Databricks products.
What you'll do
- Develop and deploy machine learning models and systems to detect anomalous activity and protect customers from threats.
- Analyze security-feature performance and pricing; partner with product, engineering, and security teams on opportunities and compliance solutions.
- Define project requirements, OKRs, and milestones; communicate results and guide junior data scientists and interns.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of data science, machine learning, and advanced analytics experience in high-velocity, high-growth companies.
- Experience deploying data science or ML solutions in production.
- Coding skills in SQL and a software development language; preferably Python.
- Master’s or higher in quantitative fields or equivalent experience in industry.
Nice to have
- Prior experience applying machine learning and data analytics to identify SaaS product misuse and enhance compliance.
- Experience with distributed data processing systems like Spark.
Pay
$192,000 — $260,000 USD base salary
Tools
SQL, Python, Spark
AI focus
Develop and deploy machine learning models for anomalous activity, fraud, and abuse detection.
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