Data Scientist

Role Summary

As a Data Scientist at ComplyAdvantage, you will be instrumental in developing and refining data-driven solutions to detect and prevent financial crime globally. In line with our 80/20 strategy, you will spend most of your time primarily on R&D in both established ML/NLP approaches and emerging areas such as agentic AI and foundational AI frameworks, while also contributing to short-term product and engineering support. Your work will combine deep technical exploration with practical integration, ensuring our innovations deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Advance R&D in GenAI and Agentic AI (80% focus): Design, prototype, and optimize data science models, specifically focusing on GenAI and agentic AI systems (e.g., using frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen) for diverse financial crime use cases.
• Contribute to Core Solutions (20% focus): Collaborate with Engineering and Product to integrate and optimise AI components and frameworks into existing and new product features, ensuring reliability, scalability, and ethical performance in production.
• Evaluate LLM-based Systems: Contribute to the development and implementation of robust evaluation methodologies for LLM and agentic AI based systems, tracking key metrics related to task completion, reasoning accuracy, tool effectiveness, and overall reliability.
• Data Understanding: Develop a solid understanding of our existing data sources, identifying challenges and suggesting potential improvements.
• Data Analysis: Use exploratory data analysis and data mining techniques to identify actionable insights for product improvement, including patterns that can inform and refine agent behavior and prompt engineering strategies.
• Research & Innovation: Continuously research and evaluate emerging tools, technologies, and best practices in data science, especially within the rapidly evolving field of Agentic AI, to keep ComplyAdvantage at the forefront.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to actively share best practices, expertise and inspire innovation to foster an AI-first culture across the organization.
• Visualization & Roadmapping: Provide clear data insights and visualizations that will act as a basis for new ideas to be integrated into our product roadmap.

Required Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in a numerate subject (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience in a data-intensive role.
• 2-4 years of professional experience in data science or a related field, with a demonstrated ability to contribute to impactful data-driven solutions.
• Proficiency in Python, including experience with core data science libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn).
• Hands-on experience with modern machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with the foundational concepts of agentic AI and large language models (LLMs). This can be professional or through personal research.
• Basic understanding of popular agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen).
• Knowledge of general evaluation techniques for AI models and an eagerness to learn and apply methods specific to agentic systems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong passion for data and solving challenging real-world problems using algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience contributing to the deployment and integration of machine learning models into production data pipelines.
• Exposure to Big Data platforms such as Spark.
• Experience with Natural Language Processing, Entity Resolution, Graph Theory, or Graph Machine Learning.
• Experience working with or evaluating multi-agent systems or complex AI workflows.

Data Science at ComplyAdvantage:
The Data Science squad discovers and proves out impactful solutions that leverage our Petabyte-scale data infrastructure to neutralise global financial crime. We are responsible for research and development work that drives the "art of the possible" within our product suite. At ComplyAdvantage, we mine the internet for critical data and use it to power a dynamic knowledge graph, which uncovers hidden networks of financial bad actors. From exploring real-time stream processing with Kafka to pioneering the use of the latest LLMs, our modern technology stack allows us to innovate and build prototypes for cutting-edge agentic AI and large-scale algorithmic solutions that empower our clients.

What’s in it for you? 

• Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building 
• Private medical insurance designed to keep you ensuring peace of mind while you excel in your career
• Unlimited Time Off Policy- A work-life balance and focus on our well-being are critical to keeping us performing at our best 
• We embrace a hybrid approach that requires employees to be in the office for two days a week. We strongly believe that this approach fosters collaboration and enables the building of meaningful relationships
• You will also get a new starter budget to kit out your home office 
• Opportunity to work on innovative projects with smart-minded people keen to share their knowledge and continuously improve 
• Annual learning budget (prorated based on start date) to drive your performance and career development 

About ComplyAdvantage: We're a leading SaaS provider revolutionising how fintech companies navigate complex regulatory landscapes. Our platform powers compliance and risk management for hundreds of innovative financial services companies, from emerging startups to established enterprises. We believe in empowering our teams to solve meaningful problems and create exceptional value for our customers.

We have five global hubs in New York, London, Lisbon, Singapore and Cluj-Napoca. 

Since 2014, we have raised over $100 million in funding and are backed by Goldman Sachs, Ontario Teachers, Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and a16z.

At ComplyAdvantage diversity fuels our growth and our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience drives us forward every day. We encourage everyone to apply and will consider every application fairly.

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