Principal Data Scientist, Fraud Management
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston
Posted on: September 25, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description:Principal Data Scientist, Fraud
ManagementFidelity's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is seeking
an experienced, highly motivated data scientist with a passion for
analyzing data in a variety of ways and applying innovative anomaly
detection techniques to combat fraud. The successful candidate will
work collaboratively with distributed teams to prototype, learn,
and quickly deliver data science solutions.The TeamFIU strives to
protect Fidelity businesses, clients, customers, and reputation by
providing fraud management services, optimally balancing risk and
customer experience. The Fraud Prevention organization within FIU
deploys advanced AI/ML products inline in customer journeys to
combat fraud for enterprise-wide financial products and services,
working closely with business unit partners, vendors, fraud
detection, investigation, surveillance and technology
teams.Required Skills
- Education in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computational
Statistics, Machine Learning or Engineering with 4+ years proven
experience.
- Experience organizing large amounts of data from multiple data
sources, building predictive machine learning models and
establishing decision strategies that will help in identifying
fraudulent transactions.
- Experience developing supervised and semi-supervised machine
learning algorithms.
- Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques
(clustering, decision tree/random forest learning, artificial
neural networks, feature selection/reduction and parameter tuning)
and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts
(regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and
proper usage) and experience with applications.
- Strong programming skills in Python, R, SQL, Bash/Shell and
CLI, and tools such as DBT, SageMaker or TensorFlow.
- Experience building solutions across databases in heterogeneous
environment such as Oracle, Postgres, DB2, Snowflake, Databricks,
Cassandra, NoSQL, or data streaming platforms.
- Consistent track record of understanding relationship between
data and business objectives, developing mathematical models to
predict business outcomes, and determining cause and effect
relationships.Other Desired Skills
- Self-starter, who can challenge status-quo, is curious and not
afraid to ask "why?" and "what if?", self-motivated to deliver high
quality work in a timely manner.
- Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with
multifaceted priorities, switching tasks if needed, building
solutions collaboratively with others across the organization.
- Strong analytical and problem resolution skills, be able to do
research, find answers to technical challenges, and learn new
techniques.
- Ability to translate sophisticated topics to non-technical
audiences.The Value You Deliver
- Stay informed of fraud incidents daily, learning from Detection
and Surveillance team members, capturing and sharing new learnings
with the Prevention product team.
- Understand and articulate fraud data requirements and outline
high level integration designs to meet those requirements.
- Mine and analyze machine data, transaction history and
real-time events from multiple data sources to drive optimization
and improvement of fraud prevention strategies.
- Coordinate with team members to design and build fraud-specific
feature packages and real-time predictive models to reduce fraud
losses while optimizing customer experiences with minimal friction,
achieving measurable outcomes.
- Build systems and deploy models that can assemble and compute
real signals within milliseconds and at an event level to stay
ahead of attackers.
- Identify and integrate new data sources towards continuous
fraud model improvements.
- Develop model testing framework for performance and quality.
Prepare model governance documentation.
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model
performance and making vital adjustments.Company OverviewAt
Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise
broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives
they want! We are a privately held company that places a high
degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that
attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our
associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace
where we respect and value our associates for their unique
perspectives and experiences. For information about working at
Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com.Fidelity Investments is an
equal opportunity employer.Fidelity will reasonably accommodate
applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the
application or interview process. Please email us at or call
800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 if you would like to request an
accommodation.Certifications:Company Overview Fidelity Investments
is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the
financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan
for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations
in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide
institutions and independent advisors with investment and
technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money. Join
Us At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a
meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including
yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you
through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at
work and at home. Honored with a , we have been recognized by our
employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't
need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range
of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've
always imagined. blends the best of both onsite and offsite work
experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy
and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite
offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work
onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our
associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry.
Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary
credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are
presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a
background investigation, , and may be asked to provide additional
documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not
limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review,
employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These
investigations will account for 7 years or more of history,
depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law,
Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will
review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana),
cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine. We invite you to Find Your
Fidelity at . Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity
employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract,
develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring
culture of inclusion and belonging.Fidelity will reasonably
accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to
participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a
request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by
sending an email to .
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