Product Data Lead

Impact

Cape Town, South Africa
Not specified; equity: rsus with 3-year vesting; b...
On-site
5+ years data science experience
2+ years fraud detection production
Python and sql proficiency
Impact is seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Fraud and Risk to join their Cape Town team. The role focuses on developing machine learning models to detect and prevent fraud within affiliate marketing, while offering a supportive work environment with strong benefits

Job Summary

  • This role focuses on researching and deploying ML models to detect and prevent fraud across attribution, lead quality, and partner compliance within the affiliate marketing ecosystem.
  • The team utilizes advanced graph-based techniques to uncover coordinated fraud rings and suspicious network patterns involving users, devices, and transactions.
  • Employees benefit from a flexible work environment, mental health support including therapy sessions, gym reimbursement, and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Matching Summary

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Impact is seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Fraud and Risk to join their Cape Town team. The role focuses on developing machine learning models to detect and prevent fraud within affiliate marketing, while offering a supportive work environment with strong benefits.

Salary

Not specified; Equity: RSUs with 3-year vesting; Benefits: Flexible PTO, therapy coverage, gym reimbursement

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years data science experience
  • 2+ years fraud detection production
  • Python and SQL proficiency
  • ML libraries scikit-learn XGBoost
  • Graph-based fraud detection techniques

Nice-to-have

  • Affiliate marketing or ad tech domain knowledge
  • Browser extension detection and fingerprinting
  • Real-time scoring and low-latency deployment
  • GCP tools BigQuery Vertex AI familiarity
  • Privacy-preserving ML techniques knowledge

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in quantitative field required
  • Master's or PhD preferred
  • 5+ years total data science experience
  • 2+ years focused on fraud/risk modeling

Work Rights

Not specified

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