AI/ML Data Scientist - Exp. with DeepSeek/OpenAI/Claude
Employment Type: Full-Time
Minimum Experience: Entry Level
Location: Remote in Singapore
Pixalate is an online trust and safety platform that protects businesses, consumers and children from deceptive, fraudulent and non-compliant mobile, CTV apps and websites.
Our software and data have been used to unearth multiple high profile criminal and illegal surveillance cases including:
- Gizmodo: An iCloud Feature Is Enabling a $65 Million Scam, New Research Says
- Adweek: A 7-Figure Ad Fraud Scheme Running on Roku Underlines Murkiness of CTV
- Washington Post: Your kids’ apps are spying on them
- Pro Publica: Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
- ABC7 News: The State of Children's Privacy Online
- NBC News: How many apps are tracking your children
Our team of lawyers, data scientists, engineers, economists and researchers span globally with presence in California, New York, Washington DC , London and Singapore.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will collaborate closely with data scientists, big data engineers, product managers, and marketers, as well as legal, engineering, marketing, sales, and customer success teams. You will analyze large datasets, develop AI/ML algorithms, and derive insights to address complex business problems in fraud detection/prevention and advertising data analytics, while ensuring compliance with global privacy and data protection laws.
As the ad tech industry undergoes a major shift towards greater transparency and protection against fraud, Pixalate is uniquely positioned as the first MRC-accredited, omni-channel fraud protection provider focused on reducing fraud, not just measuring it.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leverage advanced machine learning techniques, including deep learning and reinforcement learning, to improve fraud detection and prevention models
- Leverage LLMs, VLMs, BERT, and CLIP models to create new and innovative products, explore new techniques and improve overall product suite
- Research and implement state-of-the-art AI/ML algorithms to stay ahead of emerging fraud patterns and trends, maintaining compliance with privacy laws and regulations
- Provide technical support for existing products by resolving complex client issues through coordinated tickets and data analysis
- Identify new types of fraud and develop early detection/prevention algorithms using AI/ML techniques
- Create visualizations, document methodologies, and effectively communicate research insights to product management and marketing teams, while maintaining privacy compliance
- Develop and test statistical hypotheses to support data-driven decision-making
- Fine-tune existing ML and LLM models to improve accuracy, speed and efficiency
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics, or other quantitative fields
- Experience in data science, solving complex problems with a focus on AI/ML techniques and privacy expertise
- Experience in implementing AI/ML algorithms, including deep learning and reinforcement learning models, while ensuring compliance with privacy and data protection laws
- Ability to work independently and solve complex problems with minimal supervision
- Strong critical thinking and ability to generate intuitive conclusions from complex datasets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a high attention to detail
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, basic probability, and statistics
- Familiarity with AI/ML tools and frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, DeepSeek, ChatGPT, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with online advertising, advertising fraud, and global privacy and data protection laws, with a focus on European privacy and data protection laws and regulations
- MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Statistics, or other quantitative fields with a focus on AI/ML and privacy expertise
- Familiarity with Amazon AWS, UNIX CLI, and programming in Scala, Java, and/or C/C++
- Proven track record of integrating privacy-by-design principles into data science projects and product
BENEFITS
We focus on doing things differently and challenge each other to be the best we can be.
- Monthly internet reimbursement
- Casual, remote work environment
- Hybrid, flexible hours
- Opportunity for advancement
- Fun annual team events
- Being part of a high performing team that wants to win and have fun doing it
