Senior Data Science Engineer at LegitScript
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Jul 21, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid data engineering and applied ML role focused on building risk detection systems using classical ML, LLMs, and generative AI techniques within a SaaS platform. The position spans the full stack — from designing and maintaining data ingestion pipelines and warehousing layers, to training and deploying models via production APIs, to owning MLOps infrastructure and measuring real-world business outcomes. Suits someone equally comfortable with data engineering and ML research who has a track record of shipping models to production.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 630 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 380–1,150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role is a genuine hybrid of data science/ML and data engineering — roughly equal weight is given to both disciplines. 15-2051 (Data Scientists) was chosen as primary because the job description leads with ML/LLM model development and production ownership; 15-1243 (Database Architects) is a credible runner-up given the substantial data pipeline and warehouse design responsibilities.
The posting states 'flexible work options' and 'we cannot support international remote work', implying US-based remote is permitted. No specific city or metro is mentioned.
The experience requirement is stated as '5–8+ years spanning data engineering and data science/ML'; 5 years is used as the minimum.
LLMs, Generative AI, and RAG appear under a 'Strong Plus' section, which functions as a preferred/nice-to-have block rather than a hard gate.
The dbt alternatives field also includes 'Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines' (a Databricks product) per the JD's 'or similar' framing; Informatica and Databricks Autoloader are named explicitly alongside dbt in the same requirement.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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