Socure

New York, NY

51-200 employees

Day Zero identity verification, fraud capture & better auto-approval rates thru AI & machine learning.

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Senior Data Scientist - Computer Vision

Socure

Senior Data Scientist - Computer Vision

Data Science

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Who we are:

Founded in 2012, Socure is the leader in digital identity verification technology at account onboarding and beyond. Our predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, phone, address, IP, device, velocity, and the broader internet to verify identities in real-time. We have more than 750 customers across the financial services, gaming, telecom, and ecommerce industries, including four of the top five banks, seven of the top 10 credit card issuers, three top MSBs, multiple tier-one payroll providers, the top credit bureau, and over 100 of the largest and most successful fintechs such as Varo Money, Public, Chime, and Stash. Socure is now offering its solutions to public sector agencies.

We are also funded by some of the world's best investors, including Accel, Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Citi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Capital One Ventures, and more.

Our trophy case includes numerous industry awards and accolades, including being named one of Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021 as well as the Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months – Data and Data Services at the 2020 American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs), being ranked #70 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, getting listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor, and winning Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few.

The only way we can further our mission of becoming the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminating identity fraud is by building the best team on the planet. This is where you come in.

What the role is:

Socure is hiring a Sr. Data Scientist to lead efforts to improve our current computer-vision based identity verification solution. The Sr. Data Scientist is part of a global team, and will work under the direction of the Sr. Director of Data Science (Computer Vision) and in close partnership with data science teammates and colleagues in product and engineering. They will contribute in a hands-on capacity to the development and implementation of computer vision algorithms, as well as make technical recommendations to drive solutions.

This role can be based anywhere remotely within the USA.

What You’ll do:

Lead the the machine learning aspect of projects related to the evolution of the product, working in collaboration with the Product and Engineering teams
Identify opportunities to solve challenges with novel solutions
Implement, optimize and deploy cutting edge computer-vision algorithms like OCR, RCNN, MTCNN, SSD ResNet, SSD MobileNet, Barcode Reader,…
Feature Engineering
Perform analysis to assess risk of fraud

What You'll Bring:

Masters or PhD. in deep learning and computer vision
Experience with at least two of the following: object detection, segmentation, face detection and recognition verification, text detection and recognition or anomaly detection.
A minimum of 4+ years experience as a data scientist, ML or CV engineer or scientist, contributing in both a hands-on and strategic capacity
Expertise and knowledge in the state of the art of computer vision and machine learning
Preferred to have experience with NLP
You are experienced with GPU
You have programming experience in Pytorch and/or TensorFlow

Perks & Benefits:

Competitive base salary
Equity - every employee is a stakeholder in our upside
Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
Parental leave and fertility support
Flexible PTO
401K with company match
Stipend to supply your home office
Annual professional development stipend

A Message on COVID-19:

Socure's number one priority is to safeguard the health and well-being of our team members, our families and our communities. During this unprecedented time, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 developments and updating our response plan quarterly. We are regularly soliciting feedback from our employees to help inform our return-to-office strategy. For our team members who loved going into the office, we are looking forward to meeting once again! But until then, we are striving to ensure that Socureans have the resources and support they need to excel from home. This includes a work-from-home stipend so you can build your home office and fun, virtual events so you can continue to feel connected to your coworkers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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