Principal Data Scientist — AI, Machine Learning, Fraud Detection

Job overview

The Principal Data Scientist role is fully remote within the United States, with hiring limited to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, or Tennessee. Compensation is not specified. TaxSlayer develops tax-preparation software that helps individuals and small businesses file tax returns online. The Principal Data Scientist leads high-impact machine-learning and data-science work from problem definition through production deployment and monitoring. The role focuses on fraud detection, customer intelligence, and risk modeling, while partnering across Product, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing to improve business outcomes and data-science capabilities.

What you'll do

• Own strategic data-science projects from scoping through deployment, monitoring, and optimization
• develop machine-learning models for fraud detection, risk assessment, anomaly detection, customer segmentation, and churn prediction
• build real-time scoring pipelines
• lead fraud-detection initiatives
• evaluate and apply LLMs, generative AI, and agentic systems
• build scalable data pipelines and reusable modeling infrastructure
• monitor model performance and data quality
• partner with cross-functional teams on analytical requirements and success metrics
• present findings and recommendations to leadership
• ensure compliance with privacy, security, regulatory, and governance requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal data scientist

taxslayer

remote us

georgia

south carolina

north carolina

florida

tennessee

artificial intelligence

machine learning

fraud detection

risk modeling

generative ai

occasional travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• PTO and paid holidays for exempt salaried employees
• 401(k) match
• performance-based bonus and salary review
• wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• critical illness and accident insurance
• education assistance.

Why this role

Fully remote, US-based role restricted to five listed hiring states; occasional US travel estimated at 4–6 times per year.

About the employer

TaxSlayer is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.