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Shakepay4 months ago

Staff Data Scientist - Risk

Remote · Canada or CA

Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Startup
Industry
Fintech Services

Job Summary

Staff Data Scientist - Risk at Shakepay focusing on risk measurement and decisioning; collaborate with Risk, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Product, and Operations to define risk metrics and decision frameworks; analyze fraud, scam, and abuse patterns across crypto and fiat products; build and maintain reporting on fraud loss, false positives, customer friction, and control performance; design data, instrumentation, and decisioning systems powering risk operations; apply statistical methods and selective ML to improve decision quality and operational efficiency; lead investigations into incidents and emerging threats; communicate insights to senior stakeholders; drive data standards and analytical practices within Risk; opportunities to influence risk roadmap and long-term strategy.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Decision Science or in a similar analytical role
  • Experience with fraud, risk, trust and safety, AML, or compliance analytics
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
  • Experience with ML techniques in regression, classification, experiment design, causal inference, or decision analysis
  • Experience with modern cloud data warehouses and tooling (e.g., Snowflake, dbt)
  • Outstanding communication skills and ability to translate analyses into business recommendations
  • Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
  • Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Interest in Bitcoin/fintech/regulated industries
  • Fluency in English
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