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7d ago

Financial Crimes Data Scientist

East West Bank Pasadena, CA

Pasadena, CA

7d ago

$100k - $200k/yr Full time Advanced Analytics Ai Ml Analytics

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Job Description

East West Bank is seeking a Financial Crimes Data Scientist to lead the creation, deployment, and ongoing refinement of AML and fraud-detection models. This onsite role in Pasadena, CA sits at the intersection of advanced analytics and regulatory compliance, leveraging machine learning, network analytics, and large-scale financial data to identify threats, improve detection accuracy, and reduce false positives. You will collaborate with Compliance, BSA/AML, Fraud, Investigations, and Technology teams to translate evolving risk signals into scalable detection strategies.

Responsibilities

Develop and deploy internal detection models for AML, fraud, and other financial crime risks.
Build risk-scoring, anomaly-detection, predictive, and network-analytics models using internal and external data sources.
Design and optimize transaction monitoring scenarios and machine learning driven alert generation systems.
Establish model deployment pipelines and production monitoring to sustain effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
Perform feature engineering, tune models, and assess performance to improve precision, recall, and operational efficiency.
Collaborate with Compliance, BSA/AML, Fraud, Investigations, and Technology teams to translate emerging risks into scalable detection strategies.
Aim to reduce false positives while increasing identification of high-risk activity and suspicious behavior.
Support governance, validation, documentation, and regulatory examinations of models.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Proficiency in statistical programming languages such as R and Python, along with query languages like SQL, Hive, and Pig; familiarity with Scala, Java, or C++ is a plus.
Solid applied statistics background, including tests, clustering, distributions, regression, and maximum likelihood estimators.
Strong mathematics foundation, particularly multivariable calculus and linear algebra, foundational to predictive modeling and optimization.
Data wrangling skills to handle imperfect data sets.
Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
Experience in network or link analytics.
Excellent communication skills for conveying findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong software engineering background.
Hands-on experience with data science tools.
Problem-solving aptitude.
Analytical mindset with strong business sense.

Technologies

Python
SQL
Spark
Databricks
Hive
Pig
Scala
Java
C++
Tableau
Power BI
Azure
AWS

Compensation

The base pay range for this position is USD 100,000.00/Yr. - USD 200,000.00/Yr. Exact offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

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1mo ago

AFC Systems Data Analyst

Apple Bank for Savings New York, NY

New York, NY

1mo ago Closed

$100k - $120k/yr Full time Analyst Analytics BSA/AML

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Jul 25, 2026).