Remote Data Scientist, Analytics — Risk & ML Insights

Binance; Singapore; Remote; SGD 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Work from home

Job summary

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem with a mission to increase financial freedom. The Risk AI DS team builds risk-detection models on large-scale user data to detect anomalies and improve security.

You will work on end-to-end project streams, processing billions of records with PySpark, Hive, and Trino, and develop robust SQL pipelines for feature engineering and validation. The role emphasizes building ML models and translating results into business metrics.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong foundation in machine learning concepts, with proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MongoDB.
• Comfortable working with large-scale datasets; experience with Apache Spark is a plus.
• Proficient in leveraging AI coding agents, such as Claude Code or Cursor, to accelerate development and improve productivity.
• Proactive and detail-oriented, with a strong instinct for investigating data anomalies and identifying root causes.
• Bilingual English/Mandarin is required to effectively coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own a real-world project stream end-to-end, such as syndicate detection, user behavior sequencing, market manipulation detection, or feature discovery.
• Process and analyze billions of records using PySpark, Hive, and Trino, and develop robust SQL pipelines for feature engineering and validation.
• Build, evaluate, and iterate on machine learning models, translating model performance into meaningful business metrics such as detection rate, false-positive rate, and latency.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DS/Statistics/Math/Engineering

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

MongoDB

Apache Spark

Job description

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem with a mission to increase financial freedom. The Risk AI DS team builds risk-detection models on large-scale user data to detect anomalies and improve security.

You will work on end-to-end project streams, processing billions of records with PySpark, Hive, and Trino, and develop robust SQL pipelines for feature engineering and validation. The role emphasizes building ML models and translating results into business metrics.