Fraud Strategist, Quantitative

Role Overview

As a member of the Fraud Strategy team, you will analyze transactional and historical data using various methodologies to generate insights that optimize fraud prevention and payment decisioning. Your work will support our mission to enhance security and reduce friction, ensuring customers can safely log in, play, and make purchases across the PlayStation® ecosystem.

What You'll Be Doing

• Apply advanced mathematical, statistical, and computational methods to solve complex fraud and revenue optimization problems
• Perform in-depth analysis to address key strategic areas in the customer journey, decipher analytical results, and deliver insights using hypothesis testing and experimental design
• Work closely with other Fraud Strategists, Data Scientists, and ML Engineers to collaborate on areas of opportunity
• Share and simplify findings to tell stories of analyses through dashboards, reports, data visualizations, and other internal forums

Qualifications

• 5+ years or equivalent in related quantitative analysis experience in a subject area relevant to fraud and payments
• Solid technical skills in SQL, Python, or equivalent
• Additional knowledge of data visualization tools (Tableau, Domo, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or other quantitative field
• Solid understanding of financial, mathematical, and statistical theories and practices, and a deep understanding of the modelling process and model performance indicators
• Experience with ML/AI models is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication

Desirable

• Experience in the video games industry
• Advanced knowledge of fraud trends in digital payments, e-commerce, and online transactions

About the Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Company Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
• Annual bonus

Equal Opportunity Statement

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.