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# Lead Data Scientist

- **Company:** E-Logic INC
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Big Data, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Open Source Technology
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7227ffc3e979ea14

## About the Role

* Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience developing analytic rules/models for fraud detection using modern tools and industry best practices.
 * 5+ years of hands-on experience coding rules and models using open-source tools/techniques.
 * 5+ years tracking project progress, managing risk, and reviewing contractor/team work products to ensure quality and precision.
 * Strong oral and written communication abilities.

## Description

* Design analytic approaches, manage model development and testing efforts, and conduct thorough quality control reviews across project lifecycles.
 * Develop analytic rules and models using open-source programming techniques and leading-edge analytic tools for fraud detection use cases.
 * Ideate innovative use cases to detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement across large-scale datasets.
 * Track project progress, mitigate technical risks/issues, and conduct rigorous quality control on support teams' work products prior to final delivery.
 * Communicate technical findings clearly to key stakeholders through strong oral and written presentations.


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