Senior Data Scientist, Remote – Fraud Risk & Real-Time ML

Sardine; Philippines; Remote; PHP 5,653,000 - 7,538,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

MacBook Pro delivery

Home office setup stipend

Meal stipend

Learning stipend

Health insurance

Job summary

Sardine, the leading agentic risk platform, is seeking a data-driven senior data scientist to measure, understand, and improve the performance of our risk strategies. You will collaborate with clients to design and deploy data-driven, production-ready solutions using machine learning and graph analytics, while building dashboards and metrics to drive decisions.

You will work across the business to deliver impact, prototype proofs-of-concept, and scale models in production, with a focus on fraud

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data science or data-focused roles with impact in fraud or risk contexts
• Strong Python/R and SQL skills; Spark is a plus
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Sigma, or Metabase
• Ability to structure and analyze complex data using EDA and cohort analysis and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Sharp critical thinking and creative problem-solving with a bias toward action
• Proficiency in defining, tracking, and communicating performance metrics

Responsibilities

• Promote a data-first approach across teams and client engagements
• Build and deploy ML models to prevent fraud across fintech use cases
• Develop and track metrics for risk products and strategies
• Conduct in-depth analyses to uncover insights contributing to fraud reduction and higher approval rates
• Work directly with clients to translate data insights into actionable recommendations
• Use data and models to support risk mitigation while preserving user experience
• Create and automate self-serve dashboards leveraging BI tools
• Collaborate with engineering to scale models into production
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions

Skills

Data science

Quantitative modeling

Python

SQL

Spark

Tableau

Sigma

Metabase

Data analysis

Client communication

Tools

Spark

Job description

Sardine, the leading agentic risk platform, is seeking a data-driven senior data scientist to measure, understand, and improve the performance of our risk strategies. You will collaborate with clients to design and deploy data-driven, production-ready solutions using machine learning and graph analytics, while building dashboards and metrics to drive decisions.

You will work across the business to deliver impact, prototype proofs-of-concept, and scale models in production, with a focus on fraud