Senior Staff ML Engineer, Fraud Risk Modeling

GEICO-posted about 14 hours ago

$150,000 - $300,000/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Palo Alto, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

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At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Senior Staff ML Engineer, Fraud Risk Modeling Overview : GEICO is on a journey to transform the insurance industry with Artificial Intelligence. The Fraud Risk Modeling team is at the center of this evolution. We are not just building models; we are architecting a centralized multi-modal fraud defense ecosystem that protects millions of customers. As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will be a technical anchor for the Fraud Risk Modeling team . You will partner with other AIML teams in building coherent, real-time fraud platform and solutions that unify claims, payment, and identity risk assessment. This is a high-impact role for a builder who cares about architectural elegance, system reliability, and is able to solve complex, large-scale, cross functional problems. This role requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Technical Architecture & System Design: Architect and implement scalable, high-performance machine learning platforms and systems capable of processing large data volumes and supporting real-time decision making and workflows . Design end-to-end AI ML pipelines - from data ingestion and feature engineering to model training, deployment, and continuous monitoring. Evaluate and integrate cutting-edge AI ML frameworks and libraries to maintain a state-of-the-art technology stack.
Technical Leadership & Expert Guidance: Act as the tech lead across multiple ML feature teams, setting technical direction and ensuring consistency in design principles and best practices. Provide hands-on mentorship and guidance during design reviews, code assessments, and performance tuning. Lead by example in tackling complex technical challenges and driving system-wide architectural improvements.
Innovation & Research Integration: Experiment with and prototype advanced machine learning algorithms and approaches to enhance system performance, model accuracy, and interpretability. Stay abreast of the latest research and industry trends, translating these insights into actionable, production-level solutions. Contribute to internal technical documentation and share knowledge across teams.
Lifecycle Management & Reliability: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of machine learning models, ensuring robust testing, deployment, and ongoing monitoring. Develop and implement systems for model monitoring, alerting, and automated retraining to maintain peak performance in production. Ensure adherence to industry standards, security protocols, and regulatory compliance throughout the ML lifecycle.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, operations, and product teams to seamlessly integrate ML systems into production environments. Translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Foster a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and the sharing of best practices across teams.

Bachelor’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field; an advanced degree ( master’s or Ph.D.) is highly desirable.
10+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing AIML systems in production environments.
Extensive expertise in architecting large-scale data pipelines, real-time AIML serving architectures, and managing the end-to-end AI ML lifecycle.
Proven ability to tackle complex technical challenges, innovate through hands-on experimentation, and set technical standards across teams.
Deep proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or similar, with a strong emphasis on coding excellence.
Experience with backend distributed systems & tools (e.g., Airflow, DBT , Kubernetes ) and big-data technologies (e.g., Spark, MongoDB, Snowflake, Neo4j , Redis ) , familiarity with modern data feature stores .
Significant experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.) and their machine learning services (e.g., SageMaker, Azure ML, etc. ).
Familiarity with frameworks for model interpretability, fairness, and regulatory compliance, ensuring ethical and transparent ML systems.
Proficiency in machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch , Scikit-learn, etc.

Domain expertise : prior experience in Fraud Detection, Risk Modeling, Trust and Safety, or Digital Identity.
Advanced ML techniques : experience deploying LLM in production (RAG, fine-tuning) or building Graph Neural Networks for network analysis.
Governance: experience with model governance, explainability, and bias mitigation in a regulated industry like insurance.

We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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