Plaid · 2 months ago
Staff Data Scientist Machine Learning - Credit
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$253K/yr - $400K/yr
8+ years expPlaid is a company dedicated to empowering financial transformation by building tools for developers to create their own products. They are seeking a Staff Data Scientist specializing in Machine Learning to design, build, and scale machine learning solutions that enhance core product experiences and drive business impact.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Hands-on develop, productionize, and operate Machine Learning models and pipelines to improve a diverse range of Plaid products
Continuously proposing and developing new features to improve the AI/ML model performance
Working with the ML infrastructure team to improve ML infrastructure that powers the end-to-end ML development lifecycle
Debugging ML production issues and ensuring stable model serving
Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities for business impact, understand, refine, and prioritize requirements for AI/ML models, drive engineering decisions, and quantify impact
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience developing, training, and deploying ML models in production environments
Proven experience building and maintaining data-intensive backend applications within large, distributed systems
Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with tools such as Spark, Jupyter, and standard ML libraries
Background in fintech or other data-rich, regulated domains
Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive projects from concept to measurable business impact
Solid understanding of data engineering and analytics concepts
Skilled at collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
Preferred
Hands-on experience with data engineering or analytics tooling
Experience applying NLP techniques in production systems
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
Company
Plaid
Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.31BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonAltimeter CapitalGoldman Sachs Investment Partners
2025-04-03Series Unknown· $575M
2025-04-03Secondary Market
2023-10-19Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Zachary Perret
Co-Founder & CEO
Eric Sager
COO
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