Decision Scientist (Risk & Compliance)

TL;DR

Decision Scientist (Risk & Compliance): Developing and implementing automatic risk decisions to mitigate regulatory risk within transaction monitoring and disputes with an accent on designing risk policies and leveraging data-driven techniques. Focus on building analytical frameworks, evaluating heuristic and ML-driven decisions, and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.

Location: Remote (US) with flexibility to work from home.

Salary: $139,000–$245,400 USD (range across US zones)

Company

hirify.global is a technology company building an inclusive economy by providing financial tools and services through its various brands like Square, Cash App, and Afterpay.

What you will do

• Design and implement automation strategies in rule engines to support regulatory compliance objectives within transaction monitoring and sanctions.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements and analytical insights into clear, actionable recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop detection policies and decisioning frameworks that are legally defensible and operationally sound.
• Proactively identify new opportunities to improve risk automation and compliance outcomes through statistical modeling, experimentation, and data analysis.
• Collaborate with Machine Learning teams on model evaluation, governance, and operationalization of model outputs.
• Ensure high-quality documentation, monitoring, and validation of risk actions that impact customers and operational teams.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, CS).
• 5+ years of experience in applied analytics within risk, compliance, fraud, lending, or similar decisioning domains.
• Experience designing, implementing, and monitoring high-impact decisioning or policy frameworks.
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python for data analysis (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn), with familiarity in statistical modeling and A/B experimentation.
• Proficiency in defining, implementing, communicating, and monitoring performance metrics with diverse stakeholders.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance concerns and the ability to design solutions that balance business needs with legal requirements.
• Proven track record of tackling ambiguous business challenges with minimal guidance and applying analytical/statistical methods to tackle real-world problems using big data.
• Comfort writing and documenting clean, organized, and testable code, contributing to software applications.

Nice to have

• Experience with financial crimes compliance systems, technologies, and processes.
• CAMS or CFCS certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to economic empowerment and building an inclusive workplace.
• Equal opportunity employer, evaluating all applicants without regard to identity or legally protected class.
• Provides reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.
• Offers remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning.