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Senior Applied ML Scientist

SentiLink · United States · Remote

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About SentiLink

SentiLink combines technology and expertise to help financial institutions stop identity fraud at the application stage. Backed by a16z and Felicis.

About the role

Develop and maintain SentiLink’s fraud detection models through the full model development lifespan: from data acquisition decisions through featurization, focusing labeling resources, model training, experimentation, productionalization, and monitoring. Build foundational modeling to drive SentiLink’s expanding suite of Fraud and Financial Risk products.

What they're looking for

  • 4+ years relevant work experience & relevant PhD or 6+ years & relevant Masters
  • Proven track record of solving complex / high profile business problems with DS / ML solutions
  • Experience in communicating outcomes / progress to senior management / stakeholders
  • Very strong in “end to end” DS development: Planning, fleshing out success criteria / metrics, getting buy-in, developing the solution, delivering the solution (prod / deck / strategy doc / etc)
  • Strong practical ML / Stats knowledge, i.e. can easily employ the suite of standard ML / stats tools to quickly scope out solutions, and double down where needed. Experience with SOTA ML solutions is a plus
  • Interest in developing deep domain expertise for product-focused work: a background in fraud is not required, but willingness to learn is
More about this role

SentiLink stops more than 150,000 fraud attempts and verifies more than 3 million identities every day to protect both institutions and consumers. The problems we work on are challenging, and solving them takes deep domain expertise, rigorous analysis, and a willingness to dig into the details.

At SentiLink, you'll work alongside smart, highly collaborative colleagues who respect each other's time and judgment, take ownership, and follow through on their commitments. Together, we do truly meaningful work protecting the identities of innocent consumers and flagging the fraudsters attempting to exploit them.

We're well capitalized and growing quickly. We already serve 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks, we're expanding into new markets, and we're backed by Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin. We've been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 and as a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner . We were also the first company to go live with the electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service, and we've testified before the U.S. Congress on the future of identity.

We want SentiLink to be the best place you've ever worked. We offer generous...

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