Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Infra/Ops, Fraud
Plaid
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This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $190,350–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $223k for comparable roles.
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Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure
Plaid currently has 41 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $201,600–$272,400 across 41 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud on the Fraud Data team, you will develop machine learning systems that power fraud detection products by identifying patterns in network data. You will manage the full lifecycle of model development, from discovering new signals and building training datasets to deploying models into production while balancing latency and reliability. Your daily work involves designing experiments, tuning models using gradient-boosted trees and neural networks, and exploring how LLMs and Generative AI can improve fraud prevention. To succeed, you must possess strong Python and SQL skills along with experience in PyTorch, scikit-learn, and XGBoost. You will solve complex problems regarding class imbalance and data leakage to protect users from evolving threats while leading projects independently across the data science and product lifecycle.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?
Median $246150 from 178 postings across 30 companies.
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