Senior Data Scientist, Risk
MudflapFuel Management company
Palo Alto, United States$185K - $225KSenior
QED Investors
Matrix Partners
500 Global
9Yards Capital
Commerce Ventures
Bossa Invest
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Develop models and strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate credit and fraud risk.
- •As a Senior Data Scientist, Risk, you will develop models and strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate credit and fraud risk across our platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Drive strategic data science initiatives that directly impact business outcomes.
- •Lead end-to-end machine learning projects from problem formulation through production deployment.
- •Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Ops, Risk teams to translate complex business requirements into analytical solutions.
- •Mentor junior data scientists and analysts and establish best practices.
- •Lead experimentation strategy and drive product innovation.
- •Requirements 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or related fields.
- •Proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation, modeling, and automation.
- •Experience building production-ready models and pipelines.
- •Strong statistical knowledge and experience designing experiments (A/B testing, cohort analysis, causal inference).
- •Excellent communication skills—ability to present complex insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- •Experience in at least one of the domains: risk, growth/marketing, or product analytics preferred.
- •Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment where collaboration and flexibility are essential.
Required skills
SQLPythonA/B Testing
Nice-to-have skills
Risk ManagementProduct Analytics
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Commuter benefits, Lunches and snacks, Collaborative, high-growth environment
Tech stack
SQLPython