Staff Data Scientist: Computer Vision & Production ML

Socure; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Staff Data Scientist with deep expertise in computer vision and machine learning to provide technical leadership for document verification solutions. You will guide data scientists through the full model lifecycle from data strategy to production monitoring.

You will act as a domain expert, setting technical direction, mentoring teams, and collaborating with engineering, product, and customers to deliver effective modeling strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience, with 10+ years or equivalent professional experience and deep expertise in computer vision and machine learning.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and improving production ML systems at scale.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple ML projects, including mentoring and guiding other experienced data scientists.
• Strong understanding of the full ML lifecycle, from data strategy and model development through deployment and production monitoring.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to navigate complex and ambiguous modeling problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence technical, business, and customer stakeholders.
• Nice to Have Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or a related field.
• Experience with document verification, OCR, identity, fraud detection, or image forensics.
• Experience with transformer-based vision models, multimodal systems, foundation models, or LLMs.
• Experience working with enterprise customers or in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end ML lifecycle, including data selection, model development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Guide and mentor data scientists through complex modeling and production challenges, helping teams make sound technical decisions and tradeoffs.
• Establish best practices and technical standards for model development, evaluation, and production readiness.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities across projects and drive solutions that improve model performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Partner with engineering, product, and customers to translate business and customer needs into effective modeling strategies.
• Communicate model behavior, performance, limitations, and technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Computer Vision

Machine Learning

Technical Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Staff Data Scientist with deep expertise in computer vision and machine learning to provide technical leadership for document verification solutions. You will guide data scientists through the full model lifecycle from data strategy to production monitoring.

You will act as a domain expert, setting technical direction, mentoring teams, and collaborating with engineering, product, and customers to deliver effective modeling strategies.