Senior AI Scientist, Fintech Risk AI

Intuit

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Mountain View, CA
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$180,000–$243,500 / yr
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23 days ago
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Intuit is a financial software company known for products like TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, and Credit Karma, helping consumers and small businesses manage their finances and taxes. Industry: Financial Software & Technology

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TL;DR · Senior AI Scientist, Fintech Risk AI

The Senior AI Scientist joins the Fintech Risk AI/ML Smart Money Services team to detect and prevent fraud and financial risk for all Money Movement events. This role involves leading the full cycle of iterative big data exploration, including hypothesis formulation, algorithm development, data cleansing, and insight visualization. You will collaborate with data engineers and business analysts to design research strategies for extracting insights from complex sources and petabytes of data. Key responsibilities include applying predictive statistical modeling to relational and non-relational NoSQL databases. Required technical skills include Python, R, or Scala, Spark, and experience with GLM, logistic regression, decision trees, and time-series forecasting. You must also possess expertise in Generative AI techniques like GANs and VAEs, as well as supervised and unsupervised machine learning.

What you'll do

  • Lead the full cycle of big data exploration from hypothesis formulation to action planning.
  • Develop and test advanced predictive statistical models using diverse data types and scales.
  • Extract and cleanse data from complex relational and non-relational NoSQL databases.
  • Design and implement research strategies to structure and validate data-driven insights.
  • Apply machine learning techniques to detect and prevent fraud and financial risk.
  • Provide technical guidance to business leaders on harnessing data for critical goals.
  • Interpret and communicate complex research findings to non-technical business stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Advanced degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in developing predictive models and statistical analysis in a financial services or risk management context.
  • Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Scala, and experience with data manipulation and visualization tools.
  • Expertise in statistical modeling techniques such as GLM, logistic regression, decision trees, time-series forecasting, and machine learning algorithms.
  • Expertise and experience with Supervised and Unsupervised ML techniques.
  • Experience in Generative AI techniques, including autoencoders, GANs, and VAEs.
  • Practical experience with ETL processes, data warehousing, and cloud-based computing platforms.
  • Expertise with Spark for data manipulation and ML feature creation.

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