Socure
Staff Data Scientist - Digital Intelligence
$210K–$250K
Hybrid - San Francisco, CA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
Hybrid - Seattle, WA
New York - Remote - Experience
- 12+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
About the job
Provides technical leadership in developing, evaluating, and deploying production fraud and identity risk signals from high-scale digital telemetry.
What you'll do
- Lead machine-learning and feature-development initiatives using device, network, browser, mobile, session, and behavioral data.
- Develop production risk signals and evaluation methods addressing data quality, fraud tradeoffs, drift, and adversarial behavior.
- Influence telemetry and production standards, communicate technical recommendations, and mentor data scientists.
What they ask for
- Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or Data Science.
- 12+ years of experience in data science, applied machine learning, statistical modeling, or related technical roles.
- Experience building, deploying, validating, and improving production ML models, risk signals, or decisioning systems; strong background in an adversarial data domain.
- Expert-level SQL; strong Python and distributed data processing experience; deep knowledge of ML, feature engineering, evaluation, monitoring, and statistical validation.
Nice to have
- Experience in device intelligence, fingerprinting, behavioral biometrics, network intelligence, or related risk signals.
- Experience with streaming or low-latency systems, adversarial or responsible ML, ML frameworks, or production ML observability.
Pay
$210K – $250K USD base salary; offers equity; offers bonus (amounts not stated)
Tools
SQL, Python, Spark, PySpark, scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, PyTorch
AI focus
Develops and evaluates production machine-learning fraud and identity risk signals from digital telemetry, including robustness to adversarial behavior.
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