Persona
Senior Research Scientist
$190K–$250K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Education
- A PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field is strongly preferred; candidates with an MS and an exceptional research record will also be considered.
About the job
Research and develop methods to detect identity fraud, manipulated documents, and AI-generated images, then partner with ML and engineering teams to deploy effective defenses.
What you'll do
- Lead focused research experiments on identity verification and fraud prevention, including analysis of fraud patterns and model performance across populations.
- Develop and evaluate methods for detecting manipulated documents, AI-generated images, and emerging fraud attacks; calibrate confidence and measure fraud with limited labeled data.
- Partner with ML and engineering teams to productionize research and publish findings.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in at least one of 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
$190K – $250K (base salary)
Tools
Computer vision, probability, statistical inference, optimization
AI focus
Research detection of AI-generated and manipulated images and develop defenses against AI-enabled fraud.
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