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Risk Decision Scientist

RiskRiskFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2008H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

71 days ago

Salary

$175K - $195K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglishPythonSQLTableau

Job Description

• Own the end-to-end design, maintenance, and continuous optimization of risk strategy frameworks, decision policies, and rules to meet ambitious business and loss goals. • Use advanced analytics, SQL, Python, and statistical methods to solve complex problems, discover emerging risk trends, and inform high-impact decisions across the company. • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, and Risk Operations to translate business needs into scalable, data-driven strategies and ensure successful execution. • Drive the development, maintenance, and refinement of risk strategy frameworks and complex rules to achieve ambitious business goals. • Detect anomalies and evolving fraud trends, write risk rules targeting fraud patterns, and closely monitor the solution performance. • Present strategies, findings, and recommendations to merchants and internal leadership, translating advanced ACH, risk, and fraud concepts into clear narratives that drive confidence, alignment, and action. • Master large volumes of data; extract and manipulate large datasets using standard tools such as SQL and Python. • Develop flexible performance dashboards and monitoring tools using platforms like Quicksight to provide clear, actionable insights to a variety of audiences and senior leaders. • Plan and measure experiments (A/B and multivariate tests) to analyze the incremental value of new intelligence feeds and transform test results into actionable business insights.

Job Requirements

  • Minimum of 3+ years of experience in fraud or credit risk strategy within the fintech, e-commerce, or online payments industry.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python, with a strong ability to work with large, complex datasets.
  • Experience with analytical visualization tools such as Tableau, QuickSight, Mode, or Looker is a plus.
  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics or an equivalent quantitative field (e.g., economics, finance, engineering, exact sciences).
  • Demonstrated ability to use statistics and data science to solve complex, ambiguous problems and drive data-driven decisions.
  • Experience building and deploying rules or automated monitoring; familiarity with fraud patterns such as Account Takeover (ATO), stolen credentials, NSF/ACH risk, or knowledge of the U.S. banking ecosystem.
  • Able to turn complex analytics into simple, compelling stories for both technical and business audiences.
  • Prior experience in payments risk, ACH, bank transfers, or real-time payments ecosystems.
  • Strong product instincts - ability to influence roadmap, not just analyze data.
  • Prior experience in high-growth, ambiguous startup environments where structure needed to be built.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off & generous PTO accrual plans
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other insurances
  • FSA & HSA plans for medical and dependent care
  • Home office set-up allowance
  • Internet stipend
  • Retirement plan match for 401k and RRSP
  • Gender-neutral paid parental leave, and more!

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