Senior Data Scientist - Risk & Trust (Hybrid)

turo; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Hybrid schedule

In-office 3 days/week

Job summary

Turo is seeking a data scientist to build ML frameworks that mitigate risk, optimize marketplace profitability, and reinforce Trust & Safety. You will own features to detect fraud, share insights, and guide data-driven decisions across engineering and product teams.

You will work in a hybrid in-office environment in San Francisco, applying advanced statistics, ML techniques, and production-ready code to impact real-world car-sharing experiences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data science and ML modeling experience.
• Ability to translate business problems into mathematical frameworks and scalable solutions.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (PMs, analytics, engineers).
• Strong communication of insights to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML frameworks to build marketplace risk mitigation strategies, profitable growth, and Trust & Safety.
• Own product features to identify and limit fraud and provide actionable insights.
• Improve and monitor risk models and strategies; communicate results to stakeholders.
• Audit third-party data vendors and guide Engineering on data quality for projects.

Skills

Data science

Statistical modeling

Python

SQL

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Turo is seeking a data scientist to build ML frameworks that mitigate risk, optimize marketplace profitability, and reinforce Trust & Safety. You will own features to detect fraud, share insights, and guide data-driven decisions across engineering and product teams.

You will work in a hybrid in-office environment in San Francisco, applying advanced statistics, ML techniques, and production-ready code to impact real-world car-sharing experiences.