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Direct employerData Scientist (Fraud)

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Role overview
Moniepoint is hiring a Data Scientist to work remotely in Kenya. This role focuses on developing machine learning models and systems to detect and prevent fraud, ideal for candidates with experience in data science and financial crime.
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What you will do
- Prototype, evaluate, and maintain machine learning models for fraud detection, including monitoring and retraining.
- Design and conduct experiments to assess the impact of fraud interventions, balancing customer experience with loss reduction.
- Analyze fraud typologies across product lines to guide prioritization and investment decisions.
- Develop and sustain anomaly detection systems to identify new fraud methods early.
- Collaborate with fraud operations, engineers, product managers, and analysts to implement fraud mitigation strategies based on model outputs.
Requirements
- Degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
- At least 3 years of experience in data science, decision science, or risk analytics related to fraud, payments, or financial crime.
- Experience building and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
- Strong foundation in statistics, including experimentation, statistical inference, model evaluation, and feature engineering.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL and familiarity with the full model development lifecycle.
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional teams with high ownership.
- Strong investigative skills to identify data patterns.
- Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
The role offers an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, and other benefits.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact. The employer has not published a closing date.
