Senior Data Scientist, Socure
International eKYC, Identity Graph
$170-200k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus
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Digital ID verification & fraud protection
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Digital ID verification & fraud protection
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-200k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To verify 100% of good identities in real-time and completely eliminate identity fraud on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of hands-on applied ML / data science experience (4+ with Ph.D.), including owning production models and pipelines in high‑stakes domains (fraud, risk, identity, payments, credit, or similar)
- Significant prior work on international or multi‑region products is strongly preferred (e.g., cross‑country KYC, credit risk, payments, or compliance systems)
- Expert‑level proficiency in Python and SQL, with extensive experience in distributed data processing (Spark/PySpark, Databricks or similar) on very large datasets
- Deep experience designing, training, and deploying models for classification, ranking, anomaly detection, and/or graph learning, including:
- Feature engineering for noisy/heterogeneous identity data
- Robust evaluation under label sparsity and feedback delays
- Calibration and thresholding tailored to regional risk and regulatory constraints
- Proven expertise with graph technologies (e.g., Neo4j, AWS Neptune, GraphFrames, DGL, PyTorch Geometric) and graph algorithms (entity resolution, link prediction, community detection, label propagation) at scale
What the job involves
- The Big Data R&D team builds the core entity‑resolution and graph‑based intelligence that underpins Socure’s Verify and KYC products
- As a Senior Data Scientist focused on international eKYC, you will be a technical leader driving the next generation of global identity verification solutions
- You will design and deploy ML and graph-based systems tailored to diverse international markets, regulations, and data ecosystems—covering government IDs, telco and credit bureaus, mobile-first data, and non‑traditional signals
- You will own complex, cross‑product initiatives such as international identity graph evolution, probabilistic matching for non‑US identities, and scalable evaluation frameworks that account for regional regulatory and fairness constraints
- You will closely partner with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and GTM teams to launch and scale eKYC solutions across multiple countries and regions
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of ML and graph-based algorithms for international entity resolution, identity trust scoring, and anomaly detection across heterogeneous, country‑specific datasets
- Architect reusable matching and linking frameworks that work across multiple ID schemes (e.g., national ID numbers, passports, voter IDs, mobile accounts, bank accounts) and local name/address conventions
- Develop probabilistic and rule‑augmented models that handle noisy, sparse, or partially labeled international data while maintaining explainability and regulatory defensibility
- Define and evolve the international extension of Socure’s identity graph: schema design, linkage strategies, quality tiers, and confidence scoring that can be leveraged by multiple products (Verify, KYC, watchlists, fraud)
- Design and implement robust data quality and monitoring frameworks for international identity data (coverage, stability, drift, regional bias, label quality) and integrate them into modeling and production monitoring workflows
- Build scalable approaches for handling linguistic and cultural variation (e.g., transliteration, multi‑script names, address normalization, local naming patterns) in the identity graph and matching pipelines
- Own experimentation strategy for major international eKYC initiatives:
- Design offline evaluations and online A/B tests that reflect local ground truth constraints and data sparsity
- Define success metrics that balance approval rates, fraud capture, and regulatory/operational constraints per market
- Analyze lift, stability, and fairness trade‑offs and drive go/no‑go decisions with Product and Engineering
- Define and maintain evaluation frameworks specific to international eKYC (e.g., regional coverage maps, cross‑border identity leakage, local demographic impact, regulatory thresholds)
- Contribute to model governance documentation and support responses to regulators and large enterprise customers regarding model logic, data provenance, fairness, and monitoring for international markets
- Lead the evaluation and integration of international data vendors (e.g., bureaus, telcos, public records, alternative data):
- Design benchmarking methodologies for signal quality, incremental value, stability, and fairness by country/segment
- Quantify ROI and trade‑offs across multiple vendors and data types; provide clear recommendations that influence product and commercial decisions
- Partner with Data Acquisition, Legal, and Compliance to ensure that data usage and modeling approaches meet regional regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR and local privacy/AML/KYC rules)
- Collaborate with engineering leaders to design scalable, reliable international data and model pipelines using Spark/PySpark, AWS (EMR, S3, SageMaker, Neptune), and modern MLOps workflows
- Act as a subject‑matter expert on international identity, eKYC regulations, and cross‑border data limitations for internal stakeholders, supporting complex customer questions and strategic roadmap discussions
- Mentor Data Scientists and Senior Data Scientists on best practices for international modeling: handling low‑label regimes, domain adaptation, localization of thresholds/logic, and building reusable abstractions instead of one‑off country fixes
- Communicate strategy, progress, and results to senior leadership and cross‑functional partners through clear documents and presentations, framing complex technical work in terms of business impact, regional risk, and regulatory trade‑offs
Our take
Socure is an identity platform that aims to improve customer identification for digital transactions. The company is part of a growing market, with rivals in this competitive space including Signifyd, Riskified, AppsFlyer, ClearSale, Kount, SEON, and Fraud Fighters.
The engine delivered by Socure encompasses Know Your Customer (KYC), identity fraud detection, and document verification. With it, companies can scale rapidly by onboarding more good customers and preventing online fraud. Additionally, underbanked consumers who have been excluded from online services by outdated ID verification can gain access to critical benefits and services online.
Socure has rapidly escalated in popularity and reached a valuation well over $1 billion. Though not immune from the economic downturn of late, which resulted in two high-profile rounds of lay-offs, the company has secured considerable additional funds that will strengthen its financial position as it moves to capitalise on the ever-growing importance of identity verification and trust.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$450m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $646.6m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive medical coverage, including vision, dental, and FSA
- Parental Leave: Generous leave allowance for parents-to-be
- 401k: Pre-tax savings for retirement
- Life Insurance: Protect your family in case of emergency
- PTO: Take as much time as you need, when you need it
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere anytime, whatever suits your lifestyle
- WFH Allowance: Generous reimbursement program to maximize your WFH setup
- Deskpass: Work in an office environment whenever you feel the need
- Mental Health Provider: Connect with clinicians when you need it
- Learning & Development: Self-education allowance & free career coaching
- Employee Assistance Program "EAP": Lifestyle resources available as well as additional mental health resources
- Fertility Provider: Family planning solutions for those interested
- Personal Legal Support: Significant discounts with RocketLawyer
Company HQ
Incline Village, NV
Leadership
Johnny Ayers
(Founder & CEO)Founder & General Partner of Switch Hit Ventures. Having been a Senior Consultant at IBM, they became COO and Board Member of Endeavor Up. Since then, was an Advisor at Pager and later founded Socure in 2012.
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