Socure
Data Scientist II - Big Data R&D, Identity Graph & Deceased Monitoring
$140K–$170K
Hybrid - San Francisco, CA +3 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
Hybrid - Seattle, WA
Hybrid - New York, NY
Hybrid - Miami, FL - Experience
- Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience, or Ph.D. with 1+ years of experience in a data science or analytics role, or equivalent practical experience.
- Education
- Master’s degree or Ph.D., or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Sponsorship is not available at this time.
About the job
Develops identity-resolution and graph-based data science capabilities, pipelines, and features for identity verification, fraud detection, and deceased-monitoring products.
What you'll do
- Develop and refine machine-learning, statistical, and graph algorithms for identity matching and anomaly detection.
- Build and maintain data-processing pipelines and support feature engineering, data exploration, and model evaluation.
- Evaluate data sources and communicate findings to product, engineering, and compliance partners.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience, or Ph.D. with 1+ years of experience in data science or analytics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python or Scala and experience writing and optimizing SQL for large datasets.
- Hands-on experience with Spark or PySpark and common ML libraries.
- Working knowledge of supervised and unsupervised machine learning and basic statistics.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with UNIX and AWS; Databricks experience is a plus.
- Exposure to graph techniques or graph databases; Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, or Airflow experience is a bonus.
Pay
$140K – $170K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Scala, SQL, Spark, PySpark, scikit-learn, AWS, Databricks
AI focus
Applies machine learning, data mining, statistical, and graph-based methods to identity resolution, identity verification, anomaly detection, and fraud products.
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