Founded in 2012, Socure is the leader in digital identity verification technology at account onboarding and beyond. Our predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, phone, address, IP, device, velocity, and the broader internet to verify identities in real-time. We have more than 750 customers across the financial services, gaming, telecom, and ecommerce industries, including four of the top five banks, seven of the top 10 credit card issuers, three top MSBs, multiple tier-one payroll providers, the top credit bureau, and over 100 of the largest and most successful fintechs such as Varo Money, Public, Chime, and Stash. Socure is now offering its solutions to public sector agencies. 

We are also funded by some of the world's best investors, including Accel, Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Citi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Capital One Ventures, and more. 

Our trophy case includes numerous industry awards and accolades, including being named one of Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021 as well as the Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months – Data and Data Services at the 2020 American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs), being ranked #70 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, getting listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor, and winning Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few. 

The only way we can further our mission of becoming the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminating identity fraud is by building the best team on the planet. This is where you come in. 

The Role: 

We are looking for an innovative Data Science leader to bring our Risk Insights product suite  to life. Through this recently launched initiative, Socure is quickly expanding its industry-leading fraud solutions to address the unique challenges presented by first-party fraud. The aim of Risk Insights is to create actionable intelligence that will further enable account opening and real-time money movement across financial institutions, online gaming sites, crypto exchanges, and any trusted entity that transacts with consumers online. 

This Data Science leader will be integral in shaping the strategic direction of the Risk Insights initiative. As a new space for Socure, we are looking for someone who is energized by data exploration and rapid prototyping as we work to develop best-in-class solutions. Developing a deep understanding of first-party fraud through data is the key to unlocking value, and you will be closely partnering with Product and Engineering to define the team's roadmap.

Reporting to SVP of Data Science and partnering closely with VP of Product, Risk Insights, you will be at the center of one of Socure’s most strategic projects.   

What You’ll Do: 

• Build, hire and lead a team of all-star data scientists 
• As a player-coach, lead and execute complex modeling/machine learning projects and new product development from concept to delivery 
• Develop machine learning, data mining, statistical, and graph-based algorithms designed to solve complex problems in fraud and identity theft
• Analyze large data sets to develop multiple, custom models and algorithms to drive innovative correlations for fraud and acceptance data as well as social data
• Implement new data modeling solutions and improvements to existing solutions
• Integrate new data sources and API third-party products in the main framework
• Collaborate with Product, leadership and other key stakeholders to innovate, propose and design a new revenue generating product 

What You’ll Bring:

• BE/B.TECH/ME/MSc in computer science, applied mathematics, physics, statistics, engineering, or a related technical or quantitative discipline/field  
• Prior industry experience in payments and first-party fraud 
• Experience in developing data-driven algorithms in information retrieval, relevance, or machine learning and working with distributed systems
• Strong Python, R, Bash/Shell programming background is a must 
• Prior experience working successfully in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment 
• Excellent research skills

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with account and transactional risk predictive modeling 
• Experience with entity resolution and identity graphs
• Experience with data workflow managers such as Airflow, Drake, or Luigi
• Experience with cloud ecosystems such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Equity - every employee is a stakeholder in our upside
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents 
• Parental leave and fertility support
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with company match
• Stipend to supply your home office
• Annual professional development stipend

A Message on COVID-19:

Socure's number one priority is to safeguard the health and well-being of our team members, our families and our communities. During this unprecedented time, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 developments and updating our response plan quarterly. We are regularly soliciting feedback from our employees to help inform our return-to-office strategy. For our team members who loved going into the office, we are looking forward to meeting once again! But until then, we are striving to ensure that Socureans have the resources and support they need to excel from home. This includes a work-from-home stipend so you can build your home office and fun, virtual events so you can continue to feel connected to your coworkers.