Senior Data Scientist

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do -- and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary: We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Science organization.

Job Description:

**Job Title:**Senior Data Scientist

Meet Our Team:

As part of the Data Asset and Solution team under GADS - the biggest data science organization in PayPal, we are responsible for identifying the opportunities that would improve the decision management within the risk and customer service domain; working with other teams to provide the solutions and turn the ideas into reality.

Your Way to Impact:

We are looking for a Senior data Scientist with a passion for the payment industry to develop data and provide data-driven solutions/products driving better decision management. This position is responsible for mining comprehensive data assets, exploring new angle to drive business insights, incubating product from research insights and working with engineering team on product delivery.

PayPal has a real opportunity to make a difference in the financial lives of millions of people across the globe. At PayPal, we are reinventing how the world pays and gets paid. We understand that it is about people. We connect individuals to support them shop, get paid, donate, and send money using today's technology with the confidence of the security and control PayPal enables.

Your Day-to-Day :

• Collaborate with x-functional teams to translate business challenges into data science problems
• Transform data into analytical data assets, data products and actionable intelligence for faster decision making
• Responsible for requirement gathering, data model design, data ETL process design, data product development and maintenance.
• Support PayPal business units by providing data in a ready-to-use form
• Influence data instrumentation based on business requirement understanding.
• Owns and is accountable for the design and development of a data solution features or a data pipeline with high reliability, stability, scalability, and performance.
• Design or develop data models and enrich the analytical data sources for further usability
• Establish comprehensive monitoring framework, proactively identifies, investigates, and resolves data issues and challenges.
• Communicates effectively, able to connect complex technical concepts/information and business requirements/implications.

What You Need to Bring :

• A successful candidate should bring a minimum of 4 years of experience within data science, analytics and/or a relatable field
• Proficiency with database design is required, with the ability to translate requests into data products
• Experience with Machine Learning and feature building is highly preferred
• Strong SQL skills are required
• High proficiency in fundamental technical skills like Python or R is required
• Experience with operational data ETL, data warehouse/data mart building preferred
• Ability to identify data sources, perform root cause analysis and generate features is required
• Experience/knowledge within Machine Learning is preferred
• Experience with Hadoop, Google Cloud (Big Query) preferred
• Experience with report analysis and development using BI tools such as Tableau is preferred
• Quick-thinker, fast learner, wide general knowledge, problem solver
• Team player able to navigate a fast moving and often changing environment
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field is preferred but not required

Additional Job Description:

PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $84500 to $204600

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset---you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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