Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Senior Data Scientist

Join PayPal's SMB Merchant Onboarding Analytics team as a Senior Data Scientist. This role is pivotal in generating valuable insights from data through deep dive analysis and supporting new product launches by establishing test and control plans. You will ensure constant monitoring is in place to track product performance.

Meet Our Team

We are part of the GADS Merchant Product team, supporting all things SMB. Our team comprises members from Analytics, Machine Learning, and Strategy fields working closely together to improve the SMB metrics that matter.

Your Way to Impact

This is a high visibility analytics role where you are expected to be hands-on with technical skills and work closely with product stakeholders. You will be responsible for one or more health metrics, reporting changes, attributing reasons, and helping the product team move the metric using new ideas and experiments.

Your Day-to-Day

• Reporting & visualization of metrics/KPIs
• Insights & RCA
• Opportunity identification
• Experimental design & measurement
• Other ad-hoc Data Science work

What You Need to Bring

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a Data Science or analytical role
• Experience analyzing large, complex, multi-dimensional data sets
• Advanced SQL experience, preferably with Big Query analytics (Google Cloud)
• Visualization experience (ideally Tableau, but Looker or others are okay)
• Experience with Python
• Understanding of A/B testing and experiment design
• Proficiency with database, spreadsheet, and statistical tools
• Experience in the consumer product space and/or FinTech, payments, ecommerce is highly preferred
• Expertise in conveying coherent insights
• Ability to solve problems analytically and create actionable recommendations
• Advanced ability to use reporting tools like Tableau and/or Excel
• A Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a quantitative field (such as Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or Engineering) is preferred but not required

Benefits

At PayPal, 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. Our benefits include a flexible work environment, employee share options, health and life insurance, and more.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity 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. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging.

Work Model

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.