# Principal Data Scientist

We’re looking for talented professionals to join us in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone’s fingertips. This position is classified as structured hybrid, with an expectation of three (3) days per week working in the office and flexibility to work remotely on the remaining days. On-site expectations may evolve over time to support business needs, with clear communication provided in advance. JOB DESCRIPTION Location Requirement This position is open only to candidates who currently reside in one of the following approved locations: Los Angeles, CA (West LA) Job Summary The Fraud Data Scientist (P5) will be responsible for using data to detect fraud and reduce fraud losses across the organization by data mining, testing, analyzing, and transforming data into actionable insights. You will leverage statistical analysis to design and integrate models that support or automate decision making throughout the business. At the P5 level, you will lead the fraud analytics agenda, serve as a subject matter expert, and work closely with Operations partners - including Customer Experience & Service (CES), BSA/AML Operations, and Dispute Operations - to ensure that

- **Id**: 4201829
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/green-dot-principal-data-scientist>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Los Angeles, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T22:33:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T22:33:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7012
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Payment Processing & Gateways, Digital Banks & Neobanks

## Company

- **Id**: 1752890
- **Name**: Green Dot
- **Domain**: greendot.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/greendot-com>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.4
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 47
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 138800
- **Max**: 208100
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 208100

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SAS** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Amazon SageMaker** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T22:33:01Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 13 · green card filings: 10; Filings 12m: 13

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 47
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T23:56:11Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 208100
- **Is top pay**: yes

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