Mercury is building the financial stack for startups. We’re here to make banking* intuitive, powerful, and safe for entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes. We started by imagining what the best banking platform for startups would look like, and several years later we have hundreds of thousands of customers using Mercury’s products. As we continue to scale, protecting our customers and Mercury from fraud - while still ensuring the seamless customer experience we have come to be known for - is critical.
We are hiring a Data Scientist to join our Fraud and Limits team. This team is responsible for detecting, monitoring, and mitigating both first-party fraud (fraudulent applicants) and account takeover (ATO). You’ll play a key role in strengthening our fraud defenses while ensuring that Mercury continues to deliver a smooth and trustworthy banking experience.
This is an opportunity to join Mercury at a pivotal moment in our growth. You’ll be working on some of the most critical challenges facing the business and collaborating across product, engineering, and risk to protect our customers and the financial system at large.
Here are some things you’ll do on the job:
You should have:
Ideally you also have:
The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:
*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC.
Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
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