Senior Data Scientist, AI Fraud Solutions (Hybrid/Remote)

Experian; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great compensation package and bonus

Medical, dental, vision, and 401K

Flexible work environment: remote,hyb​

Flexible time off including holidays

Benefits portal

Job summary

Experian is seeking an Expert Data Scientist to help develop analytics and AI solutions for financial services, e-commerce, and other data-rich digital businesses. You will combine data science fundamentals with exploration and experimentation.

You will work across Analytics, Product, and Engineering to identify opportunities, shape the data strategy needed to support them, develop and evaluate new approaches, and help move promising concepts from idea to prototype.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional data science, ML, or advanced analytics experience.
• Hands-on programming with Python and SQL.
• Experience developing statistical or ML solutions using large datasets.
• Experience translating business problems into analytical solutions or prototypes.
• Experience in financial services, e-commerce, fraud, or data-intensive environments.
• Exposure to generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, or related technologies.
• Experience with modern cloud analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced statistical, machine-learning, and analytical techniques to complex business problems.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into structured hypotheses, experiments, models, and prototypes.
• Identify opportunities where data science and AI can create value.
• Shape data strategy and identify data, features, and assets needed to support experimentation and scalable solutions.
• Prototype and evaluate new approaches and compare with existing methods.
• Develop evaluation criteria for model quality, reliability, value, and risk.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and business teams to move analytical concepts toward applications.
• Stay current with new technologies including generative AI and agents, and evaluate their applicability.
• Share insights and mentor junior team members to foster experimentation and learning.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Statistics

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, or equivalent quantitative discipline

Job description

Experian is seeking an Expert Data Scientist to help develop analytics and AI solutions for financial services, e-commerce, and other data-rich digital businesses. You will combine data science fundamentals with exploration and experimentation.

You will work across Analytics, Product, and Engineering to identify opportunities, shape the data strategy needed to support them, develop and evaluate new approaches, and help move promising concepts from idea to prototype.