Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust
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This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $188,087–$254,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $221k 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 71 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 71 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud joins the Fraud Data team to build machine learning systems that identify and stop fraud across the network. This role involves leading projects from initial experimentation through production deployment, where you will investigate fraud patterns, identify new signals, and develop training datasets. You will design, train, and tune models using traditional and modern methods, including gradient-boosted trees and neural networks, while exploring LLMs and Generative AI for fraud prevention. Key responsibilities include building data and training pipelines, managing class imbalance, and balancing detection quality with latency and cost. Required skills include Python, SQL, and frameworks like PyTorch, scikit-learn, and XGBoost. You will solve complex problems regarding fraud patterns, delayed feedback, and the tradeoff between detection and user friction.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?
Median $231575 from 194 postings across 35 companies.
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