Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Alloy is where you belong!

Alloy is the AI-powered identity and fraud prevention platform that accelerates onboarding, stops fraud, and scales compliance across the customer lifecycle so financial organizations can grow without limits. More than 900 of the world's leading financial institutions and fintechs trust Alloy for smarter risk management that drives growth.

Through our values: Be Bold, Go Fast, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we’ve been continuously recognized and named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers, Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker, year after year.

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About the team

The Signals team builds Alloy’s real-time machine learning systems  at scale. Our immediate focus is on fraud detection, where we believe machine learning can simplify and accelerate decision-making in ways traditional rule-based systems can’t. Managing rules and policies to detect fraud is complex and constantly evolving; we use ML to make it smarter, faster, and more adaptive. Our approach is identity-centric, combining signals from a wide range of data sources to build a comprehensive understanding of risk.

You will work on advancing our core models while also partnering directly with customers to drive strong outcomes from fraud studies.

Alloy operates in a hybrid work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our local employees onsite three days a week.

What you'll be doing

• Contribute to the design, training, and evaluation of machine learning models that power Alloy’s fraud detection capabilities.
• Develop testing plans, metrics, performance reports, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Support production ML workflows, including feature generation, model training, and monitoring, to ensure models remain accurate and reliable at scale.
• Document findings and communicate insights to internal teams, contributing to shared learning and continuous improvement.
• Maintain up-to-date model documentation and support Alloy’s model governance processes to ensure transparency and compliance.
• Stay current with industry trends in applied ML and fraud detection, and contribute to Alloy’s mission of making financial services safer and more accessible.

Who we’re looking for

• Always building with end-solution in mind. 
• Able to communicate complicated concepts to a non-technical audience without diluting the complexity of the work.
• Able to build strong cross-functional relationships within Alloy.
• Naturally curious with a knack for asking tough questions.
• Solid understanding of core ML concepts such as supervised learning, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
• A team player. You believe that big things happen when the right people are working together.
• A fast learner
• Humble. Mistakes happen and owning them helps us learn and move on quickly

You have:

• 8+ years as an individual contributor in Applied Fraud Research, Data Science, or Machine Learning with a proven track record in a “Solutions” or client-facing capacity.
• Expertise in working with highly imbalanced datasets and building production-grade Machine Learning models with specific interest in tree-based models.
• Advanced proficiency in scripting languages like Python and querying languages like SQL
• Proven ability to wrangle and think thoughtfully about data at scale (processing billions of records).
• Experience developing metrics and dashboards.
• Able to communicate their findings effectively to technical and nontechnical members
• Someone who embodies our shared Alloy values: be bold, get scrappy, collaborate, and celebrate our differences.
• You have experience in a highly analytical role in fast-paced environments
• Must be local to Greater New York City.

Nice to Haves:

• Previous experience in financial fraud detection.
• Advanced Degree (Masters or PhD) in a quantitative field.
• Experience managing the end-to-end lifecycle of a technical pilot or Proof of Concept.
• Experience with BI tools like Looker.
• Experience with modeling on graph structures.

We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us?

Alloy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package. Your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details and what compensation could look like for you specifically!

This position has a salary range of $159,000, to $230,000.

Benefits and Perks 

We invest in your health, your financial future, and your growth. Here's what you can expect:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage from the first of the month after you join, including $0 employee-only premium options, plus FSA options and an Alloy-funded HSA with our high-deductible plan
• Healia: if your spouse or partner has health insurance through their employer, Alloy may cover up to 100% of your family's costs on their plan
• Alloy-paid One Medical membership, Spring Health therapy and coaching, Superpower advanced lab testing, and ClassPass credits
• Stock options for every full-time employee
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of pay, vested immediately, plus a mega backdoor Roth option
• Free, unlimited 1:1 financial planning through Addition Wealth
• Unlimited PTO plus company holidays
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for eligible birthing, non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents
• Annual learning and development stipend, plus a home office stipend to set up your workspace
• Hybrid work environment: most team members work from our HQ in Union Square, Manhattan, Tuesday through Thursday, with in-office expectations that vary by role. Catered lunches from a variety of local restaurants and frequent employee-organized cultural events bring energy to the office. On Mondays and Fridays, many employees work remotely, while some take advantage of the quieter office.

How to apply

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Alloy is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with their recruiter.

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