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Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Anti-Money Laundering

at Discover Financial Services

📍 4 Locations Unknown 💰 $147K – $167K USD / year Posted March 20, 2026
Salary $147K – $167K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years Entry to mid-level
Education Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field or in progress
Category Data & Analytics

This role involves developing models for anti-money laundering and fraud detection, focusing on transaction monitoring, customer risk assessment, and leveraging AI tools like large language models.

  • Develop AML models
  • Implement transaction monitoring
  • Build customer risk rating systems
  • Use AI tools and LLMs
  • Monitor model performance

The technical environment includes Python, Snowflake, AWS, Spark, and AI tools, with an emphasis on model development, deployment, and monitoring for AML applications.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level data scientist experienced in Python, Snowflake, AWS, and Spark, with a focus on machine learning applications in transaction monitoring and risk assessment, familiar with large language models and AI tools.

PythonSnowflakeAWSSparkMachine LearningTransaction MonitoringCustomer Risk RatingAI toolsLarge Language ModelsLLMs
Data pipelinesModel deploymentModel monitoringAI developmentrisk management
PythonSnowflakeAWSSpark
PythonSnowflakeAWSSparkMachine Learningtransaction monitoringcustomer risk ratingAI toolsLarge Language ModelsLLMs
PythonSnowflakeAWSSparkMachine LearningTransaction MonitoringCustomer Risk RatingAI toolsLarge Language ModelsLLMs
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcreativityinterpersonal skills
Industry Financial Services / Fintech
Job Function Develop and deploy AML and fraud detection models using advanced analytics and AI
Role Subtype Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, Snowflake, AWS, Spark
PythonSnowflakeAWSSparkMachine Learningtransaction monitoringcustomer risk ratingAI toolsLarge Language ModelsLLMsdata pipelinesmodel deploymentmodel monitoringrisk managementfinancial dataanalyticsbig data

Lack of experience with Python and Snowflake, No background in machine learning or AI tools, No experience with transaction monitoring, Less than a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

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