Senior Data Scientist, Full Stack

SentiLink - Austin, TX

Hiring: Senior Data Scientist, Full Stack Company: SentiLink Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 16:13:23 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, EC2, Machine Learning, Make, PostgreSQL, Python, RDS, Redshift, S3 About the job Required Skills: •Develop and maintain SentiLink’s fraud detection models through the full model development lifespan: from data acquisition decisions through featurization, focusing labeling resources, model training, experimentation, productionalization, and monitoring. •Build foundational modeling to drive SentiLink’s expanding suite of Fraud and Financial Risk products. •Research new types of fraud and develop new SentiLink products around identity verification. •Achieve success by researching / developing through iteration, integration of new data sources and inventive feature engineering. •Write production-ready code that can be relied on for real-time decision making by our partners. •Design, perform, and present analyses that will inform data acquisition, product development, risk operations priorities, marketing, and sales efforts. •Interface directly with engineering, risk operations, and data acquisitions to access necessary data, maintain data quality, and support data access Qualifications: •4+ years relevant work experience & relevant PhD or 6+ years & relevant Masters •Demonstrated success in solving complex / high profile business problems with DS / ML solutions •Proven hands-on experience in communicating outcomes / progress to senior management / stakeholders •Very strong in “end to end” DS development: Planning, fleshing out success criteria / metrics, getting buy-in, developing the solution, delivering the solution (prod / deck / strategy doc / etc) •Strong practical ML / Stats knowledge, i.e. can easily employ the suite of standard ML / stats tools to quickly scope out solutions, and double down where needed. Experience with SOTA ML solutions is a plus •Interest in developing deep domain expertise for product-focused work: a background in fraud is not required, but willingness to learn is •Experience writing production code and tests •Detail oriented and thoughtful - someone we can rely on to make business-changing decisions •Bonus for familiarity with: identity solutions, fintech, or adjacent industries •Experience working at a startup strongly preferred Compensation: •Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!