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Block · 1 month ago

Staff Data Scientist - Financial Platform

Bay Area, CA, United States of America

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$240K/yr - $359K/yr

12+ years exp

Block is a company focused on building integrated, omnichannel solutions for sellers. They are seeking an experienced Data Scientist to join their AI, Data, and Analytics team to support the Financial Platform organization, focusing on A|B testing, reporting, strategic analysis, and automation.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Establish subject-matter expertise in payment rails, focusing on cards (pre-paid, debit, credit, etc.) and bank rails (wire, ACH, direct deposit, etc.)

Influence product roadmaps and guide the Financial Operations (FinOps) team to navigate through product opportunities and problem ambiguities

Build “soup to nuts” data products, taking raw eventing data from engineering teams and turning into actionable analyses and ML models

Partner with Engineering and Operations leadership to drive a culture of data-driven financial impact

Expand your influence in the Block Data Science community by developing and evangelizing data solutions to improve analytics insightfulness and actionability

Qualification

Data sciencePayment analyticsHypothesis testingData pipelinesSQLPythonLookerCross-functional collaborationCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

12+ years of related experience (data science, preferably in payment analytics, chargebacks, or related fields) with Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience

At least a bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Physics, mathematics, computer science, etc

Experience working on ambiguous problems with high business impact and resolving complex issues in innovative and efficient ways

Expertise in hypothesis testing and causal inference

A strong understanding and willingness to be hands-on in building data pipelines and architecture

Ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, clearly communicating findings and influencing product designs

Advanced proficiency with data, analytics, and visualization technologies (we use SQL, Looker, and Python)

Preferred

Experience working in Fintech or banking

Have an advanced degree

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

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Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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