Pindrop

Pindrop

Research Scientist II (Fraud)

US - Remote; US-Remote · Mid

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$185kDetected 8 days ago
PythonGoC++Machine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchNLPLLMsStatisticsA/B TestingDetection EngineeringSignal ProcessingResearchCommunicationCollaborationRisk Modeling

About the role

  • Enterprises rely on Pindrop to secure billions of high-risk customer interactions each year, including top U.S. banks, as well as leading insurers and healthcare providers.
  • Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Pindrop restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience.
  • Recognized by TIME as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026 and by Inc. for Best in Business for Innovation, Pindrop is backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG.

Responsibilities

  • Build and improve fraud risk models and scoring systems using a combination of audio, behavioral, and metadata-based signals.
  • Research and build a scam detection stack, from conception to realization.
  • Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to move successful research into production and improve fraud outcomes in live environments.
  • Design and maintain reproducible research workflows, internal tools, and evaluation pipelines that help the team experiment efficiently and measure impact clearly.
  • You care deeply about reproducibility, documentation, and building research that can stand up in real production settings.
  • As AI-driven fraud and deepfakes erode trust in digital communication, Pindrop delivers continuous identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions in real time.

Requirements

  • You are persistent, curious, and scientifically rigorous, especially when working through ambiguous data, noisy signals, or fast-evolving fraud behavior.
  • You are comfortable owning research workstreams from problem definition through experimentation, analysis, and recommendation.
  • You are motivated by high-impact security and fraud problems and want your work to influence real customer outcomes.
  • Advanced Degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent applied research experience.
  • A track record of translating research findings into practical improvements, whether in models, decision systems, or production-facing recommendations.
  • Foundational knowledge of fraud, identity, consumer scams, authentication, risk scoring, or customer security concepts.
  • Experience working on fraud or scam detection in voice, IVR, contact center, authentication, or adjacent trust and safety environments.
  • Experience improving precision and recall in real-world detection systems, including thresholding, scoring, watchlists, or entity-resolution style signals.
  • Familiarity with metadata-driven risk signals such as telephony, carrier, device, account, or behavioral indicators.
  • Experience with sequence modeling, event-based risk modeling, or other approaches used to detect evolving attack behavior.

Compensation

  • Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Pindrop restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience.

Benefits

  • Here's a snapshot of the benefits we offer:
  • Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success.
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid "employee-only" plan!
  • Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
  • Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family, providing comprehensive coverage and peace of mind.
  • Paid Parental Leave - Including birth, adoptive & foster parents
  • Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance to help cover essential connectivity costs and support flexible work.
  • Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits to support family-building journeys and personalized health needs.

Company info

  • Pindrop is the Real Human + Right Human® Identity Trust Platform for the AI era. As AI-driven fraud and deepfakes erode trust in digital communication, Pindrop delivers continuous identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions in real time.
  • Enterprises rely on Pindrop to secure billions of high-risk customer interactions each year, including top U.S. banks, as well as leading insurers and healthcare providers. Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Pindrop restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience.
  • Pindrop is the Real Human + Right Human® Identity Trust Platform for the AI era.
  • Support high-priority fraud investigations by analyzing system behavior, fraudster attack patterns, and detection gaps, then recommending practical next steps for our customers.
  • As a part of Pindrop, you'll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy.
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