Head of Fraud & Risk Data Science

Canada

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$220,000 – $270,000Compensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Financial Technology, Fraud Prevention, AML ComplianceIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess 7+ years of experience in fraud analytics, data science, or machine learning, along with 2+ years of leadership experience leading technical teams that have successfully shipped real-time risk solutions within high-growth payments, financial, or fintech companies. Strong technical skills including applied ML, anomaly detection, experimentation design, and advanced SQL are required, alongside familiarity with modern data infrastructure such as Kafka, Flink, feature stores, and vector databases.

Responsibilities

As the Head of Fraud & Risk Data Science, the individual will lead POCs and POVs to demonstrate fraud-loss reduction and ROI, build and optimize real-time decision systems, hire, coach, and mentor a team of fraud analysts and data scientists, implement experimentation frameworks, collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams, present findings and strategies to stakeholders, and drive strategic thinking for new signals and feature development.

Skills

Data Science

Fraud Prevention

Machine Learning

Risk Analysis

Payments Data

Proof-of-Concept (POC)

Proof-of-Value (POV)

Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Sardine

Fraud prevention and compliance platform

About Sardine

Sardine.ai focuses on fraud prevention and compliance for banks, retailers, and fintech companies. Its platform offers tools for risk scoring, transaction monitoring, and customer due diligence, helping clients detect fraud and prevent money laundering. What sets Sardine.ai apart is its ability to monitor customer interactions for fraud signals, using data from over 35 providers to generate accurate risk scores. The company's goal is to enhance security and compliance for financial institutions and retailers.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2020Year Founded

$73.5MTotal Funding

SERIES_BCompany Stage

Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries

51-200Employees

Benefits

Generous compensation in cash and equity

7-year for post-termination option exercise (vs. standard 90 days)

Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

Unlimited paid time off and minimum 2 weeks/year of mandatory vacation

100% of health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 60% for dependents

4% matching in 401k

Company-wide offsites, the last one was at Miami

MacBook Pro delivered to your door

One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, monitors, etc.

Monthly meal stipend

Monthly health and wellness stipend

Monthly meet-up stipend

Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory

Risks

Sophisticated synthetic identity fraud challenges traditional detection methods.

Real-time payment systems increase fraud risk, straining current detection capabilities.

Dollar-to-crypto conversion partnership may attract regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Sardine offers instant settlement for NFT and cryptocurrency transactions, enhancing transaction speed.

The platform uses behavioral biometrics to monitor interactions, providing precise risk scores.

Sardine integrates data from over 35 providers for comprehensive fraud detection.

Upsides

Partnership with Experian enhances product offerings with behavioral biometrics and device intelligence.

Collaboration with Airbase expands market reach in integrated risk management solutions.

Launch of GenAI assistant, Finley, leverages AI for competitive fraud detection.

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