Remote Lead ML Scientist – Fraud & Risk

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 174,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $174k–$224k base

Equity awards

Remote-first environment (US)

Flexible schedule

Home office stipend

Healthcare plans

401(k) with matching

Parental & caregiver leave

Generous holidays

Financial wellness resources

Professional growth & AI tooling

Annual in-person gatherings

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist in the United States to lead production ML solutions for fraud detection and credit access. This hands-on leadership role focuses on designing, deploying, and optimizing models that combat synthetic identities, account takeovers, and emerging fraud patterns.

You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Risk Operations, and leverage AI tools to accelerate innovation while maintaining reliability and compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on machine learning experience in production environments.
• Experience building ML solutions for fraud detection in fintech or financial services.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with feature engineering and model evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced fraud detection models: design, train, validate, and optimize ML models to identify fraud types.
• Drive data exploration and experimentation: analyze large datasets, engineer features, test approaches, and translate findings.
• Lead end-to-end ML lifecycle: scope, prototype, test, deploy, monitor, and optimize models.
• Leverage AI-assisted development: integrate generative AI tools into research, coding, experimentation, and testing.
• Measure impact: evaluate model performance and communicate results to improve fraud prevention and decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Risk Operations to productionize models.

Skills

Fraud detection

End-to-end ownership

Communication & collaboration

Mentorship

Analytical judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Stats/Engineering

Tools

Python

SQL

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark

Cloud platforms

Graph databases (preferred)

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist in the United States to lead production ML solutions for fraud detection and credit access. This hands-on leadership role focuses on designing, deploying, and optimizing models that combat synthetic identities, account takeovers, and emerging fraud patterns.

You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Risk Operations, and leverage AI tools to accelerate innovation while maintaining reliability and compliance.