Data Scientist, Fraud
Plaid
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This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $153,575–$220,225 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $187k for comparable roles.
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Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending
Affirm currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$255,000 across 60 roles with salary data.
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Analytics Lead, Deposit Fraud Risk joins the Fraud team to manage fraud performance for depository products. This role involves owning key risk metrics, including fraud losses, approval rates, and customer friction. You will build and maintain scalable data models and transformation pipelines using DBT to standardize transaction and customer data. Responsibilities include developing recurring dashboards, conducting deep-dive analyses to diagnose control gaps, and optimizing fraud rules and policies. You will evaluate new data signals to improve detection of identity risk, account takeover, and transaction risk. The position requires fluency in SQL and Python to support cross-functional partnerships with Machine Learning, Product, and Engineering teams. You will solve technical problems related to payment processing and fraud strategy development to balance loss prevention with product growth.
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