Data Scientist II: Identity Graph & Deceased Monitoring

Socure; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Socure is hiring for a Big Data R&D role within the identity graph and entity-resolution team. You will develop graph-based algorithms and data pipelines on massive PII datasets, collaborating with senior data scientists to advance large-scale ML and distributed systems.

You will design and optimize ML, data-mining, and graph methods, build ETL pipelines with Spark/PySpark and AWS, and help evaluate new data sources for coverage and model performance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience, or Ph.D. with 1+ years in a data science or analytics role, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language used in data science (Python, or Scala).
• Solid experience writing and optimizing SQL for large datasets; comfort working in data lake / warehouse environments.
• Hands‑on experience with Spark or PySpark and common ML libraries (e.g., scikit‑learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow/PyTorch a plus).
• Familiarity with UNIX environments and the AWS ecosystem (e.g., EMR, S3); Databricks experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of supervised/unsupervised ML and basic statistics (similarity measures, clustering, evaluation metrics).
• Exposure to graph techniques or graph databases (Neo4j, AWS Neptune, GraphFrames) is a strong plus.
• Bonus: experience with Elasticsearch or DynamoDB; workflow tools such as Airflow for automating data pipelines.
• Ability to break down loosely defined problems, ask good clarifying questions, and iterate quickly with feedback.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and implementation of machine learning, data mining, statistical, and graph-based algorithms to analyze very large datasets for identity verification and anomaly detection.
• Analyze large datasets to help develop and refine entity-resolution and identity-matching algorithms that drive Socure’s Deceased Monitoring and compliance solutions.
• Build and maintain components of data-processing pipelines (ETL, feature generation, normalization) using tools such as Spark/PySpark and AWS (e.g., EMR, S3).
• Support senior data scientists with feature engineering, data exploration, error analysis, and A/B test setup for new models and signals.
• Help evaluate new third‑party and internal data sources: profile data quality, design offline experiments, and summarize impact on coverage and model performance.
• Implement and maintain SQL and Python/R code for data extraction, transformation, and validation; contribute to code reviews and basic testing.
• Provide analytical support to compliance and regulatory product teams, including ad hoc investigations, simple dashboards, and data deep dives.
• Communicate findings in a clear, structured way to peers and cross‑functional partners (Product, Engineering, Client Analysis), focusing on key insights and trade‑offs.
• Work effectively in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment; demonstrate ownership of well-scoped tasks and follow through to completion.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

ML libraries

UNIX

AWS

Graph analytics

Airflow

Databricks

Education

Master’s degree in data science/analytics

Ph.D. in a related field

Tools

Spark/PySpark

EMR

S3

Databricks

Neo4j

AWS

Airflow

Job description

Socure is hiring for a Big Data R&D role within the identity graph and entity-resolution team. You will develop graph-based algorithms and data pipelines on massive PII datasets, collaborating with senior data scientists to advance large-scale ML and distributed systems.

You will design and optimize ML, data-mining, and graph methods, build ETL pipelines with Spark/PySpark and AWS, and help evaluate new data sources for coverage and model performance.