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Data Scientist (Fraud)
Moniepoint
Remote · KenyaSalary not disclosedfull-timeMoniepoint Careers
About this role: We're looking for a Data Scientist to sit at the heart of how we fight fraud — building the models, experiments, and detection systems that protect millions of customers and merchants across our platform. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of machine learning, product, and engineering, where your work will directly shape how Moniepoint detects and responds to emerging fraud threats.
Responsibilities
- Prototype, evaluate, and help produce machine learning models for fraud detection; own their ongoing monitoring and retraining cycles.
- Design and run experiments to measure the impact of fraud interventions, balancing customer experience against loss reduction.
- Size fraud typologies across our product lines to inform prioritization and investment decisions.
- Build and maintain anomaly detection systems to surface novel fraud vectors before they scale.
- Work closely with fraud operations, engineers, product managers, and data analysts to translate model outputs into real-world mitigations.
- Experience & Background
- A strong foundation in statistics with a degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or similar).
- 3+ years of experience in data science, decision science, or risk analytics within fraud, payments, or financial crime.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in a production environment.
- Fraud, risk, or financial services experience is a strong plus.
Languages
- Work format
- Remote
- Seniority
- Mid
- Posted
- 29 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- In the last 5 days
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