Persona
Research Scientist
$150K–$200K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field strongly preferred; MS with an exceptional research record also considered.
About the job
Research identity-verification and fraud-prevention methods, then collaborate with ML and engineering teams to turn findings into production defenses.
What you'll do
- Research identity verification and fraud prevention using focused experiments; investigate manipulated documents, AI-generated images, and emerging fraud attacks.
- Evaluate model performance across populations, identify fraud signals, and calibrate confidence or measure fraud with limited labeled data.
- Partner with ML and engineering to productionize research and publish findings.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in computer vision, mathematics and statistics, or identity verification and fraud prevention.
- Demonstrated record of substantive contributions to peer-reviewed publications in relevant conferences or journals.
- Ability to independently lead research, design rigorous experiments, and use findings to guide next steps.
- Clear communication of experimental design, findings, and limitations to technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- Research on deepfakes, presentation attacks, or adversarial robustness; experience with noisy, imbalanced real-world data.
- Experience shipping ML research to production.
Pay
$150K – $200K (base salary)
Tools
CVPR, NeurIPS, USENIX Security
AI focus
Research detection of AI-generated and manipulated images and emerging fraud, evaluate models across populations, and develop production defenses.
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