Shakepay
Fintech
StaffDataScientist-Risk
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“Staff Data Scientist - Risk at Shakepay. Skills: Risk analytics, Data science, Machine learning, SQL, Python, Cloud data warehouses, dbt. Define the architecture and technical strategy for internal risk systems and tooling. Define risk metrics, success criteria, and decision frameworks”
What You'll Achieve.
Establish a clear baseline for core risk metrics; Define the measurement approach for key risk controls; Improve the quality, consistency, and discoverability of data needed to analyze risk decisions and customer outcomes; Deliver high-leverage investigations that identify concrete opportunities to reduce risk or improve customer experience; Create a repeatable rhythm for turning risk analysis into prioritization, product decisions, operational changes, and engineering work
Industry & Context.
Deep-dive investigations into incidents, trends, and emerging threats; Evaluate and iterate on risk rules and controls using rigorous analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Decision Science or in a similar analytical role, Experience with fraud, risk, trust and safety, AML, or compliance analytics, proficiency in SQL and Python, Experience performing deep analytical work and ML techniques related to regression, classification, experiment design, causal inference, or decision analysis, product and business judgment, with the ability to connect analytical work to customer outcomes, risk outcomes, and company priorities, Experience working with modern cloud data warehouses and tooling (i. e Snowflake, dbt, etc), Outstanding communication skills and the ability to translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations, Proven ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, sense of ownership and ability to challenge assumptions constructively, Experience partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders to influence decisions, Good judgment when tailoring the analytical toolkit to the problem at hand, Fluency in English
Nice to Have
Interest in Bitcoin and familiarity with fintech, payments, crypto, or other regulated industries
What You'll Do.
Define the architecture and technical strategy for internal risk systems and tooling
and decision frameworks
and abuse patterns across crypto and fiat products
Build and maintain reporting that tracks fraud loss
operational efficiency
and control performance
Design and architect the data
and decisioning systems that power risk operations and fraud prevention workflows
Evaluate and iterate on risk rules and controls using rigorous analysis
Apply statistical methods and selective ML techniques
Conduct deep-dive investigations into incidents
Establish data standards
and decision-making practices within the Risk team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with engineering to define architecture and technical strategy; Partner with Risk, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Product, and Operations to define risk metrics, success criteria, and decision frameworks; Work closely with Risk Engineering and business partners; Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders
Communication Scope
Communicate insights clearly and persuasively to senior stakeholders; Translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations
Full Job Description
At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake. Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you're the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us! About Shakepay Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future. We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special. About the risk team We’re reinstating a dedicated Risk team at Shakepay to build the next generation of our risk systems and decisioning capabilities. The team’s mission is to enable sustainable business growth by protecting customers, Shakepay, and the broader financial ecosystem from abuse, while balancing fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, customer experience, and operational efficiency. This is a small, newly formed team with significant ownership and ambiguity. The team works closely across fraud, decision science, security, compliance, customer support, and product to build foundational risk systems, data infrastructure, and decision frameworks. This role is not limited to analytics in an already mature environment. You’ll help architect the next generation of Shakepay’s risk systems, including decisioning infrastructure, data instrumentation, case management workflows, and operational tooling. Senior Data Scientist - Risk We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist to hel
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