Senior Data Scientist
Sardine · Remote · North America · United States · Canada ·
COMPENSATION
$170k – $210k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Data Scientist
- Fully remote (US/CA)
- Python, R, SQL
- Fraud & Risk focus
- Equity + 401k match
Join Sardine as a Senior Data Scientist to help organizations stop financial crime through agentic risk platforms. You will design data-driven solutions, prototype models, and collaborate with clients to mitigate fraud threats while optimizing user experience.
The team values performance over hours worked, offering a flexible remote-first culture within your home country. You will work on high-impact projects using machine learning and graph analytics to secure trust for leading global companies.
What you'll do
- Build and deploy ML models for fraud prevention from concept to production
- Develop metrics to monitor risk product performance and strategy effectiveness
- Analyze complex datasets to uncover insights for fraud reduction
- Collaborate with clients to translate data insights into actionable recommendations
- Create and automate self-serve dashboards using BI tools
- Partner with engineering to scale models and optimize data instrumentation
What you'll need
- 7+ years in data science, quantitative modeling, or analytics
- Proven high-impact experience in fraud or risk contexts
- Strong hands-on proficiency with Python/R and SQL
- Expertise in BI tools such as Tableau, Sigma, or Metabase
- Ability to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- Sharp critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Experience with Spark
Stack
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Spark
- Tableau
- Sigma
- Metabase
How you'll work
- Remote-first team with no office requirement
- Must maintain home base in USA or Canada
- Flexible schedule focused on performance not hours
- Pay determined by location within hiring country
What you get
- Generous cash compensation and equity package
- Early exercise option for all stock options
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for dependents
- 4% matching for 401k or RRSP contributions
- MacBook Pro and one-time home office stipend
- Monthly meal and social meet-up stipends
- Annual health, wellness, and learning stipends
- Flexible paid time off and year-end break