Staff Data Scientist, Security

Stripe

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$205,400–$308,000 / yr
Posted
67 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k
This role $257k
$113k most similar roles pay here $329k

This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $149,875–$222,225 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $257k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for internet businesses, providing payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service APIs to businesses of all sizes globally. Industry: Payments Infrastructure & Financial Technology

Stripe currently has 173 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 171 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Data Scientist, Security

As a Staff Data Scientist, Security, you will join the data science team responsible for infrastructure with a specific focus on security. You will serve as a strategic partner to the Security organization, providing senior technical direction to data teams regarding detection, modeling, metrics, and observability. Your daily work involves leveraging internal telemetry and logs to design secure access controls for sensitive data while developing methods to model and de-risk security-related incidents across assets and networks. You will collaborate with engineering and product managers to detect malicious attack vectors and provide data-driven guidance to protect against external and internal threats. The role requires expertise in quantitative fields, proficiency with AI tools for model development, and experience building machine learning or forecasting frameworks to solve complex problems regarding the protection of critical business assets and customer data.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Remote?

Median $217225 from 40 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Provide senior technical direction to data teams on detection, modeling, metrics, and observability.
  • Use internal telemetry and logs to design secure access controls for sensitive data.
  • Develop methods to model, quantify, and de-risk security-related incidents across assets and networks.
  • Identify and solve broad company problems using advanced data science techniques.
  • Design quantitative outputs that help detect malicious attack vectors and protect business assets.
  • Provide data-driven guidance to cross-functional partners on strategies for tracking internal and external threats.
  • Contribute to the overall strategy, roadmap, and vision of the data science organization.
  • Mentor and develop data science talent to improve their technical and professional growth.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of data science experience or equivalent combined industry and research experience in a quantitative field.
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or Engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience leading organization-wide initiatives across multiple teams to influence technical roadmap planning and execution.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive business outcomes in ambiguous situations.
  • Ability to balance high-velocity execution with research, statistical depth, and scalable design.
  • Proficiency with AI tools to accelerate model development, analysis, and coding.
  • Experience mentoring and investing in the professional development of peers.
  • Preferred experience working with security teams and implementing machine learning or forecasting frameworks in production.

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