Global Payments
Lead Risk Data Scientist & ML Engineer
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 3 days ago
PythonGitSQLSnowflakeDatabricksAWSCI/CDGitHub ActionsMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceNLPLLMsAgentic AIMLOpsAI OrchestrationLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoring
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About the role
- Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments.
- This role combines deep data science expertise with practical AI/agentic workflow experience and the infrastructure knowledge needed to ship at scale.
- This is a hands-on role that combines deep technical leadership with pragmatic problem-solving in a small, high-impact team.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you'll own the end-to-end delivery of detection models and AI-assisted workflows that power fraud, credit, and AML risk operations.
- You'll drive model performance through the full lifecycle, from design and validation through production deployment and continuous optimization.
- Own the full lifecycle of ML models: design, development, validation, deployment, and serving in production
- Design and oversee scalable batch and real-time data pipelines supporting model development and serving
- Maintain and monitor key performance metrics (precision, recall, false positives, alert quality)
- Partner with Model Risk Management and Compliance to support validation and regulatory reviews
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with data science platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS SageMaker)
Company info
- Our inclusive and global teams win together every day.
- We're proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career.
- The people, the energy, the connections - it's unmatched.
- Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
- What makes a Globalpayer?
- Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team.
- We're curious and innovative -always finding better ways to deliver impact.
- We empower each other to make decisions, and it's our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.
- EEOC Statement
- Global Payments is an equal opportunity employer.
- We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
- The EEO is the Law poster is available here.
- If you are made a conditional offer of employment and will be working in the United States, you will be required to undergo a drug test.
- In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies and requirements needed to successfully perform the position.
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