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Director, Data Science and Machine Learning (Risk and Fraud)

Trustly · New York · On-site

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About the role

Applications for this role are accepted on an ongoing basis.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning models into production, including at least 2 years leading a team
  • A leader who remains deeply hands-on and is currently capable of independently building, deploying, and evaluating a production machine learning model
  • Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience working with large-scale datasets using distributed processing engines or cloud data warehouses such as Athena, Trino, Spark, Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery
  • Direct experience in fraud, credit risk, payments risk, or another high-stakes decisioning environment, including rare-event modeling, label delay, reject inference, and understanding the difference between strong model metrics and strong business decisions
  • Experience with real-time inference and production model monitoring in a low-latency decisioning environment, including drift detection, retraining strategies, and model updates
  • Experience owning or materially contributing to a loss budget or loss forecast, with the ability to translate model behavior and risk performance into financial impact for executives and auditors
More about this role

At Trustly, we're building a smarter, faster, and more secure financial future by revolutionizing the world of payments. As a global leader in Open Banking Payments, we are establishing Pay by Bank as the new standard at checkout, providing unparalleled freedom, speed, and ease to millions of consumers and merchants worldwide.

Our Ambition: To build the world’s most disruptive payment network and redefine what the payment experience should feel like.

Trustly is a global team of innovators, collaborators, and doers. If you are driven by a strong sense of purpose and thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and high-growth environment, join us and be part of a team that’s transforming the way the world pays.

About the team

The Data team at Trustly is the backbone of our decision-making and product innovation. We are a global, multidisciplinary collective of Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Machine Learning Specialists, Scientists, and Analysts who believe that data is more than just rows and columns - it is the fuel for a more transparent financial ecosystem.

We operate at the intersection of high-scale engineering and deep financial intelligence. Our team processes millions of...

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