$145,300 – $232,700
Listed on Visa Inc.’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Visa seeks a Staff Data Scientist to design and deploy machine learning models for dispute resolution and recovery products, working with large-scale transaction data to improve automation and decision quality. This role is for an experienced leader who can own complex problems end-to-end, mentor others, and influence product strategy across a global payments platform.
Our summary, not Visa Inc.’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive
- Feature Engineering
- Generative AI
- Git
- Machine Learning
- Predictive Modeling
- Python
- R
- SPARK
- SQL
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years with an Advanced degree, or 8+ years total experience
- Experience with large-scale datasets and scalable models
- Proficiency in Python or R and SQL
- Experience with machine learning and predictive modeling applied to business problems
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in AI, Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research or related field
- 6+ years experience with Bachelor's degree or 4+ with Advanced degree
- Experience in payments, fraud, risk, disputes, fintech or transaction-heavy domains
- Distributed data processing frameworks (Hadoop, Hive, Spark)
- Version control tools (Git, GitHub)
- Experience commercializing ML solutions in production
- Cross-functional project leadership and influence
- Agile experience in dynamic environments
- Global organization experience