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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days Plooto's roles stay open a median of 19 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Plooto's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Plooto
- moderate 3 stale, 0 reposted of 10 open
- Hiring momentum
- 11 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Plooto's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Plooto.
About this role
The Decision Scientist in Risk will focus on optimizing payment risk decisioning at Plooto by analyzing data and implementing decision-science techniques. Daily tasks include monitoring risk rules, analyzing transaction data, developing risk segments, and recommending changes to improve decision precision while minimizing manual reviews. The role involves collaboration with various teams to translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations that enhance operational efficiency as payment volumes increase.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Plooto as an employer.
What you need
- 2–3 years of relevant experience in risk analytics, fraud strategy, payments risk, decision science, or a related quantitative role
- Strong SQL skills, including experience analyzing large transactional datasets
- Strong Python skills for analysis, experimentation, automation, and monitoring
- Experience working with risk rules, machine learning models, segmentation, fraud signals, or decision strategies
- Strong understanding of false positives, precision/recall, threshold optimization, experimentation, and risk-based decisioning
- Ability to evaluate trade-offs between customer friction and financial loss within established risk parameters
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed
- Role involves significant collaboration with cross-functional teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
- Focus on automation and AI tools suggests a modern approach to risk management, but may also imply a need for adaptability to new technologies
Summarised from Plooto's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Plooto on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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