Senior Data Scientist

SentiLink provides innovative identity and risk solutions, enabling institutions and individuals to transact with confidence. We're building the future of identity verification in the United States, overhauling the currently cumbersome, ineffective, and costly process, with the belief that the future will be 10 times better. We've gained significant momentum and are growing at an extraordinary rate. Our real-time APIs have assisted in the verification of hundreds of millions of identities, starting with financial services. In 2021, we raised a $70M Series B round, led by Craft Ventures, to rapidly grow our top-tier products. Our work has earned us recognition and awards from TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, PYMNTS, American Banker, LendIt, and we recently appeared on the Forbes Fintech 50, 2023. Notably, we were the first company to implement the eCBSV and have testified before the United States House of Representatives. Role: As a Senior Data Scientist at SentiLink, you will build our core products: models that detect fraud and advance our expanding set of financial risk products. This is a full-stack data science role, involving model development, analysis, and production code writing. This role is remote and based in the US. Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain SentiLink’s fraud detection models. - Research new fraud types and develop new identity verification products for SentiLink. - Build foundational models for SentiLink's expanding Fraud and Financial Risk products. - Write production-ready code for real-time decision-making. - Design, perform, and present analyses that will inform various business functions. Requirements: - 4+ years of relevant work experience & a relevant PhD or 6+ years & a relevant Masters. - Track record of solving complex/high profile problems with DS/ML solutions. - Experience in communicating outcomes/progress to senior management/stakeholders. - Strong practical ML/stats knowledge and experience. Salary Range: - $160,000/year - $190,000/year Perks: - Home office stipend - Regular company-wide in-person events - Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents - Other typical start-up benefits (e.g. 401(k) plan with employer match, flexible paid time off, etc.) Corporate Values: - Follow Through - Deep Understanding - Whatever It Takes - Do Something Smart