Staff Data Scientist – Risk

We’re looking for a Staff Data Scientist to help define how Shakepay measures, understands, and manages risk. The role is analytics-first, with selective use of machine learning where it meaningfully improves understanding or decision quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Decision Science or in a similar analytical role
• Experience with fraud, risk, trust and safety, AML, or compliance analytics
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience performing deep analytical work and ML techniques related to regression, classification, experiment design, causal inference, or decision analysis

Benefits

• Be an owner – Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
• Reach your goals – Yearly salary assessments
• Health & wellness : Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
• Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other