Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Data

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We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.

The Data team within Plaid’s Fraud organization builds the machine learning systems that power Plaid’s cutting‑edge fraud detection products. By leveraging Plaid’s extensive network data, we enable proactive fraud prevention—stopping fraud before it happens. Our team owns the entire ML lifecycle, from developing feature pipelines and training models to deploying and monitoring them in production. We ensure that our systems scale reliably and efficiently as Plaid continues to grow and support hundreds of customers.

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Plaid’s Fraud Data team, you will design and build scalable ML infrastructure that powers our industry‑leading fraud detection product. You’ll lead the evolution of our model deployment, monitoring, and observability frameworks to ensure high reliability and performance at scale. Collaborating closely with teams across ML Infrastructure, Product, and Engineering, you’ll deliver robust systems that protect users and customers from fraud. In addition, you’ll mentor other engineers and help shape the long‑term technical vision and strategy of the Fraud Data team.

We are open to remote candidates for this role.

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable ML infrastructure for Plaid’s fraud detection product

Working at a fast‑pace environment to build a rapidly growing product with a championship team

Solving complex problems at the intersection of ML systems, data, and reliability

Building the foundations for fraud detection on the largest financial dataset in the world

Collaborating with talented engineers and data scientists across Plaid

Qualifications

8+ years total experience, with at least 5 years building and deploying production ML systems

Proven experience in machine learning infrastructure/operations

Demonstrated technical leadership and architectural vision, driving systems from concept to production

Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, Spark, SageMaker, and Airflow, or equivalent technologies

Nice to have – experience working in fraud detection, risk modeling, or financial security domains

Nice to have – background in graph machine learning or related techniques

$192,000 – $400,000 a year

The target base salary for this position ranges from

$192,000 /year to

$400,000 /year in Zone 1. The target base salary will vary based on the job’s location.

Geographic Zones

Zone 1 – New York City and San Francisco Bay Area

Zone 2 – Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington D.C.

Zone 3 – Austin, Boston, Denver, Houston, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego

Zone 4 – Raleigh‑Durham and all other US cities

Job Details

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, and Financial Services

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