Senior Data Scientist - Fraud Prevention
Listed on 2025-12-01
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IT/Tech
Data Engineer, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Scientist
ABOUT FANDUEL
Fan Duel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. Fan Duel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including:
America’s #1 Sports book, Fan Duel Sports book; its leading iGaming platform, Fan Duel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, Fan Duel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, Fan Duel Group operates Fan Duel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and Fan Duel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. Fan Duel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.
Fan Duel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
Fan Duel is looking for a Senior Data Scientist who specializes in Fraud detection modeling and Responsible Gaming. Primary job responsibilities are to design, develop and maintain predictive statistical models and strategies for fraud detection and prevention, along with responsible gaming. This role requires close collaboration with fraud analytics, fraud operations, commerce, responsible gaming, engineering and product teams to understand emerging trends, build scalable solutions, and monitor effectiveness of ML models and rules.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Design, develop and maintain machine learning models to detect and prevent fraudulent activity.
- Analyze data covering a wide range of information from user profiles, network links and transaction history. Identify new behavior patterns through data mining and machine learning.
- Analyze fraud trends and develop strategies to mitigate emerging threats.
- Collaborate with engineering, commerce, fraud analytics, fraud operations, responsible gaming teams to deploy and monitor models.
- Continuously improve fraud detection accuracy while minimizing false positives.
- Build scalable, automated pipelines using Python, SQL, and cloud-native tools (AWS, GCP, etc.).
- Present complex data insights to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders with clarity and business context.
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field is preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in machine learning, statistical analysis, anomaly detectionor other relevant working experience.
- Deep understanding of fraud detection methodologies and risk assessment techniques.
- Ability to partner with multiple cross functional teams across the business.
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or R; experience with pandas, stats models, scikit-learn, or similar libraries.
- Excellent SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets and data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query).
- Ability to communicate complex models and results clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here:Fan Duel Total Rewards .
* Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
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