Impact.com is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join their Cape Town Data Science team. The role will focus on researching, developing, and deploying ML models to detect and prevent fraud across the affiliate marketing ecosystem.
Requirements
- 5+ years in data science, ML, or advanced analytics with at least 2+ years focused on fraud detection, risk modeling, or anomaly detection in production environments
- Fraud & risk domain expertise: Demonstrated experience building and deploying fraud or risk models (classification, anomaly detection, time-series analysis, graph-based methods)
- Strong Python and SQL; proficiency with ML libraries (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, or similar)
- Experience with feature engineering, model evaluation (ROC/AUC, precision-recall, cost-sensitive learning), and handling imbalanced datasets
- Analytical rigor: Strong foundation in statistics and ML; ability to design experiments, validate models, and interpret results with business context
- Communication: Ability to translate complex technical work into clear insights for stakeholders; experience presenting to cross-functional teams
- Education: Bachelor's in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, Math, Engineering, or similar); Master's/PhD preferred
Benefits
- Flexible Working
- Health and Wellness
- A Stake in Our Growth
- Investing in Your Growth
- Parental Support
- Technology Financial Support
