# Lead Data Scientist at Middesk

- Company: Middesk
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Insight and Sequoia.
- Company website: http://www.middesk.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $210K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/middesk/7fd5aeb2-c33c-4f0a-ad3d-2161201bc174
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/middesk-lead-data-scientist/

## About the role

We are actively building AI-driven applications that streamline customer workflows, focusing on business onboarding. With our proprietary identity data assets and deep domain expertise, we are uniquely positioned to expand into a broader set of AI-powered solutions that drive long-term growth.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of production ML experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Building Production ML for risk, fraud, credit, or trust & safety: Track record of shipping external-facing ML applications in one or more of these domains
- Expertise in classification with real-world ML challenges, for example: imbalanced labels, sparse signals, cold start, and production version management
- Hands-on ML infrastructure experience: feature stores, model management, ML training/serving pipelines
- Comfort as a senior IC: setting technical direction, mentoring peers, and establishing best practices

Tags: Data Science