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Plaid · 8 hours ago

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Data

Plaid is dedicated to empowering financial transformation by building tools and experiences for developers. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Plaid’s Fraud Data team, you will design and build scalable ML infrastructure for fraud detection, mentor engineers, and shape the technical vision of the team.

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Responsibilities

Design and build scalable ML infrastructure for Plaid’s fraud detection product
Working at a fast-pace environment to build a rapidly growing product with a championship team
Solving complex problems at the intersection of ML systems, data, and reliability
Building the foundations for fraud detection on the largest financial dataset in the world
Collaborating with talented engineers and data scientists across Plaid

Qualification

Machine Learning SystemsML InfrastructurePythonPyTorchSparkSageMakerAirflowFraud DetectionRisk ModelingFinancial SecurityGraph Machine LearningTechnical Leadership

Required

8+ years total experience, with at least 5 years building and deploying production ML systems
Proven experience in machine learning infrastructure/operations
Demonstrated technical leadership and architectural vision, driving systems from concept to production
Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, Spark, SageMaker, and Airflow, or equivalent technologies

Preferred

experience working in fraud detection, risk modeling, or financial security domains
background in graph machine learning or related techniques

Company

Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data.

H1B Sponsorship

Plaid has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (41)
2024 (41)
2023 (42)
2022 (53)
2021 (30)
2020 (11)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.31B
Key Investors
Franklin TempletonAltimeter CapitalGoldman Sachs Investment Partners
2025-04-03Series Unknown· $575M
2025-04-03Secondary Market
2023-10-19Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Zachary Perret
Co-Founder & CEO
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Eric Sager
COO
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