Senior Data Scientist

This range is provided by Storm2. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range$160,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yrDirect message the job poster from Storm2Director at Storm2 | Connecting FinTech TalentSunnyvale, CA (Hybrid - 4 days in office)Our client is an innovative fintech company that’s about to close its Series C round—making this a perfect time to join as they accelerate global growth. They specialize in building secure, scalable infrastructure that bridges telecom and financial services, enabling cross-border payments, fraud prevention, and digital commerce on a global scale.As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll own end-to-end ML development and deployment across fraud detection, cross-border ad targeting, and payments intelligence. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you’ll help shape the data and analytics foundation that powers growth, customer trust, and revenue acceleration.What You’ll DoArchitect Scalable Data Systems – Own the design of high-volume data models, pipelines, and quality checks to support fraud, ads, and payments use cases.Develop Predictive Analytics & ML Models – Go beyond statistics to build models that anticipate outcomes (fraud detection, behavioral scoring, user conversion, merchant clustering).Lead MLOps & Real-Time Monitoring – Deploy models into production with CI/CD, manage retraining, and set up streaming pipelines for low-latency insights.Drive Real-Time Decisioning – Apply frameworks like Kafka and Flink to enable fraud prevention and campaign optimization at scale.Embed Governance & Compliance – Ensure privacy-by-design and compliance with global standards (GDPR, APPI, PII).Deliver Strategic Insights – Partner with fraud ops, marketing, and product teams to turn complex data into clear actions and dashboards.What You BringStrong background in big data environments—comfortable working with large-scale, high-volume dataExpertise in Python, SQL/MySQL, and ML frameworks (Scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow/PyTorch)Experience building predictive models and applying ML techniques in productionProficiency in MLOps tools (MLflow, SageMaker, Airflow) and AWS (S3, Redshift, Glue)Knowledge of data privacy and governance best practicesBS in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, or Engineering (MS preferred)This is a career-defining opportunity to join a fintech innovator right as it closes a Series C round—fueling global growth, investment in AI/ML for the first time, and the chance to shape a data-centric culture from the ground up.Please email me at to learn moreSeniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Storm2 by 2xGet notified about new Data Scientist jobs in Sunnyvale, CA.Data Scientist Graduate (TikTok-Product-Data Science)-2026 Start (BS/MS)San Jose, CA $114,000.00-$177,777.00 1 week agoFremont, CA $145,000.00-$204,000.00 1 day agoMountain View, CA $125,400.00-$188,100.00 5 days agoMenlo Park, CA $145,000.00-$204,000.00 23 hours agoFremont, CA $145,000.00-$204,000.00 1 week agoML Research Scientist Intern (Fall 2025)Mountain View, CA $240,000.00-$280,000.00 2 weeks agoSunnyvale, CA $117,000.00-$234,000.00 2 weeks agoMountain View, CA $136,301.00-$172,486.00 4 days agoSenior Data Scientist, ML - RecommendationsMountain View, CA $141,000.00-$202,000.00 1 day agoSan Mateo County, CA $55.00-$55.00 1 week agoMountain View, CA $132,000.00-$189,000.00 3 days agoSunnyvale, CA $173,000.00-$242,000.00 1 week agoSunnyvale, CA $145,000.00-$204,000.00 1 week agoSan Jose, CA $130,000.00-$200,000.00 2 days agoMountain View, CA $141,000.00-$202,000.00 1 week agoData Scientist - Search, Trust & Safety - San JoseSan Jose, CA $144,000.00-$329,333.00 1 week agoSan Jose, CA $176,356.00-$329,334.00 2 weeks agoWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17