Job Summary
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Fraud Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in identifying, preventing, and mitigating fraudulent activity across our platforms. You will leverage advanced data analytics, machine learning, and statistical techniques to detect fraud patterns, design real-time detection systems, and support fraud investigation teams with actionable insights.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Strong proficiency in SQL for complex data querying, data wrangling, and validation within large fraud datasets.
- Ability to develop data-driven strategies to proactively identify fraud , leveraging machine learning models and engineered features while maintaining the lowest possible friction for legitimate customers.
- Experience with Python for data analysis and analyze fraud patterns.
- Experience developing dashboards
- Ability to work with ambiguous and incomplete data sets, including leveraging proxy data sources when direct data is unavailable to detect fraudulent behavior effectively.
- Expertise in analyzing and modeling fraud detection problems , developing data-driven solutions that balance precision and recall.
- Solid understanding of statistical concepts to interpret model results and provide feedback
- Payments fraud domain knowledge is highly preferred, with an understanding of transaction flows, payment systems, and common fraud tactics.
- Experience conducting and analyzing A/B tests to evaluate the impact of fraud detection models and mitigation strategies.
- Familiarity with common fraud data sources such as transactions, user behavior logs, device metadata, and third-party data
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Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualification
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to dissect complex fraud scenarios and identify underlying patterns or anomalies.
- Excellent communication skills , with the ability to present complex technical findings clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences .
- Demonstrated owner mindset takes end-to-end responsibility for fraud detection initiatives, continuously improving strategies and identify new product ideas to strengthen fraud detection
- Comfortable navigating ambiguous business problems with minimal guidance and proactively proposing innovative solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams including risk, product, and engineering to implement fraud mitigation strategies.
Subsidiary
PayPal
Travel Percent
0
For the majority of employees, PayPals balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
Our Benefits
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https//www.paypalbenefits.com .
Who We Are
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com .
Belonging at PayPal
Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
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