Databricks · 5 days ago
Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $260K/yr
7+ years expDatabricks is building the world's best and most secure platform for data and AI, and they are seeking a Staff Data Scientist to join their Trust and Safety Data Science team. This role involves developing machine learning models for fraud detection, collaborating with various teams to enhance security, and guiding junior team members.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
You will develop and implement Machine Learning models to detect anomalous activity in products that we offer
You will analyze the performance and pricing of security-related features and work with product and engineering teams to identify important opportunities
You will collaborate with security engineers, trust and safety experts, and machine learning engineers to build a variety of systems and tools that protect Databricks and our customers from threats
You will create solutions and frameworks to meet compliance requirements at Databricks
You will gather requirements, define project OKRs and milestones, and communicate progress to both technical and non-technical audiences
You will guide junior data scientists and interns on the team by helping with project planning, technical decisions, and code and document review
You will represent the data science discipline throughout the organization, using your powerful voice to make us more data-driven
You will represent Databricks at academic and industrial conferences and events
Qualification
Required
7+ years of data science, machine learning, and advanced analytics experience in high-velocity, high-growth companies
Understanding of good software engineering practices around testing, code reviews, and deployment
Experience working in a highly cross functional alignment and talking about results to non-technical partners
Experience deploying Data Science / ML solutions in production to achieve results
Coding skills in SQL and a software development language (preferably Python)
Experience with distributed data processing systems like Spark and familiarity with software engineering principles
Masters or higher in quantitative fields or equivalent experience in industry
Preferred
Prior experience applying machine learning and data analytics to identify SaaS product misuse and enhance compliance preferred but not required
Benefits
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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