Socure - Head of Data Science - Document Verification & Biometrics
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Requirements
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field. • 10+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or applied AI, with a strong track record of building and deploying production systems. • Deep expertise in computer vision and multimodal AI, including experience with vision-language models (VLMs). • computer vision and multimodal AI • vision-language models (VLMs) • Proven experience building domain-specific foundation models or large-scale representation learning systems. • domain-specific foundation models • Strong understanding of biometric systems, including face recognition, liveness detection, and anti-spoofing techniques. • biometric systems • Experience detecting and mitigating deepfakes, presentation attacks, and counterfeit documents. • deepfakes, presentation attacks, and counterfeit documents • Strong understanding of agentic system design, including agent skills, orchestration/harness frameworks, and real-world deployment of autonomous or human-in-the-loop agents. • agentic system design • Experience with vector databases and embedding-based retrieval systems. • vector databases and embedding-based retrieval systems • Strong awareness of emerging attack vectors, including prompt injection, adversarial inputs, and model exploitation techniques. • emerging attack vectors • Proven ability to lead and scale high-performing teams while delivering under ambiguity and tight timelines. • Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch). • Proven ability to engage with customers and external stakeholders, clearly explaining complex AI systems, trade-offs, and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences. • engage with customers and external stakeholders • Experience representing organizations in customer-facing discussions, executive briefings, or public speaking engagements is strongly preferred. • customer-facing discussions, executive briefings, or public speaking engagements • What's Ahead: Areas of Innovation • Agentic Document Verification systems that can reason, adapt, and automate complex verification workflows • Agentic Document Verification systems • Deepfake detection at scale, across images, video, and multimodal inputs • Deepfake detection at scale • Injection and adversarial attack detection for multimodal and agent-based systems • Injection and adversarial attack detection • Agentic red teaming, proactively identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in AI systems • Agentic red teaming • Reusable identity platforms, enabling seamless and secure identity reuse across channels • Reusable identity platforms • What You'll Get • Work on industry-defining problems at the intersection of AI, identity, and security • Build cutting-edge systems spanning computer vision, multimodal AI, and autonomous agents • Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits • Opportunity to shape the future of digital identity globally • Please note that we can only hire within ~45 miles of San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Miami, and DC. We are unable to provide sponsorship support now or in the future.
Responsibilities
• Own and define the data science vision for Document Verification, Biometrics, and Reusable ID, delivering step-function improvements in accuracy, speed, and user experience. • Own and define the data science vision • Lead and scale a high-performing team of data scientists and applied researchers, setting a high standard for execution, innovation, and accountability. • Lead and scale a high-performing team • Architect and deploy state-of-the-art computer vision and multimodal systems, including vision-language models (VLMs), for document understanding, face matching, liveness detection, and identity verification. • Architect and deploy state-of-the-art computer vision and multimodal systems • Drive the development of domain-specific foundation models tailored to identity, documents, and biometrics, leveraging large-scale proprietary datasets. • Drive the development of domain-specific foundation models • Lead the transition to agentic systems, building intelligent agents that can reason over document and biometric signals, automate verification workflows, and adapt dynamically to new fraud patterns. • Lead the transition to agentic systems • Advance fraud and attack detection capabilities, including deepfake detection, presentation attack detection, and counterfeit document detection. • Advance fraud and attack detection capabilities • Design and implement secure and robust systems resilient to emerging threats such as prompt injection and adversarial attacks on multimodal and agent-based systems. • Design and implement secure and robust systems • prompt injection and adversarial attacks • Leverage vector databases and embedding systems to power similarity search, identity linking, and reusable identity experiences. • Leverage vector databases and embedding systems • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Risk teams to deliver scalable, production-grade solutions that meet both business and regulatory requirements. • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Risk teams • Drive rapid experimentation and deployment, balancing innovation with reliability, explainability, and compliance. • Drive rapid experimentation and deployment • Own customer communication and stakeholder management, serving as a trusted technical leader in engagements with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders; clearly articulate model behavior, agentic systems, performance trade-offs, and roadmap decisions while building strong, long-term relationships. • Own customer communication and stakeholder management • Represent Socure externally as a thought leader in biometrics, document AI, and fraud prevention. • Represent Socure externally
Benefits
• $250K – $300K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • This is a base salary range for this job based on the job requirements. • Base pay is only one component of Socure's compensation and our total rewards package includes equity, benefits, and an annual bonus or a commission plan. • annual bonus • commission plan. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please note: we have set up limits for applications for this role. • Candidates may not apply more than 3 times in any 30 day span for any job at Socure. • Candidates may not re-apply to the same role within 30 days. • or drag and drop here • Domain experience is required to be considered for this role. We really read these! • Unfortunately we are unable to hire employees residing in these states. • You may have to go into office 2-3 times a week. • San Francisco, CA • New York City, NY • Socure's Recruiting Privacy Policy • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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