job posting · greenhouse
Mercury Technologies, Inc.: Senior Data Scientist
Observed on the employer’s careers system, last checked 2026-09-07.
- Employer
- Mercury Technologies, Inc.
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
- Category
- Data
- Posted
- 2026-09-02
- Careers system
- greenhouse
- Observed
- 2026-09-07
Role description
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In 1999, NASA lost contact with its Mars Climate Orbiter after a 9-month journey from Earth. It began its planned orbital insertion maneuver but went out of radio contact after passing behind Mars. While we may never know whether it was destroyed in the atmosphere or re-entered heliocentric space, we can draw the lesson that getting the details (in this case, units) right is critical, especially when shooting for the stars. While Mercury’s cosmic journey may be more metaphorical, we have our own sky-high ambitions and the need to marry those with precise data analysis. To that end, we are hiring a Machine Learning-focused Data Scientist to support our Risk team. This team is responsible not only for detecting, monitoring, and mitigating both first- and third-party fraud but also ensuring we know and understand our customers while monitoring their behavior for financial crime risk.…
Provenance
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