Airwallex · 2 weeks ago
Staff Data Scientist, Algorithm - Growth
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$250K/yr - $299K/yr
7+ years expAirwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, seeking a Staff Data Scientist to enhance their growth strategy. The role involves designing and deploying data science solutions to influence customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechPayments
Responsibilities
Uplevel the data science team by providing technical mentorship, assuming hands-on leadership to resolve complex problems, and setting the vision for longer term direction
Serve as a strategic thought leader with Marketing, Growth Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute GTM strategy and investment decisions
Design and deploy a range of data science solutions—including predictive models, personalization and recommendation systems, LLM-powered applications, incentive optimization frameworks, and causal inference models—to drive measurable business outcomes
Apply machine learning and/or statistical models to measure causal impact of Marketing initiatives
Qualification
Required
7+ years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)
Experience with communicating the results of analyses to leadership teams and cross-functional teams to influence the strategy
Technical mentorship experience with machine learning and experimentation in an industry setting
Expert in machine learning and statistical modeling to drive data driven growth strategy
Hands on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production-grade systems (e.g., cloud-based services, real-time and batch pipelines)
Expert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python); experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus
Preferred
Experience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous
Company
Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, payment solutions, and spend management tools.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.53BKey Investors
AdditionSquare Peg CapitalLone Pine Capital
2025-12-08Series G· $330M
2025-05-21Series F· $150M
2025-05-21Secondary Market· $150M
Leadership Team
Jack Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Jacob Dai
Co-Founder & CTO
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