Data Scientist, FinEng – Checkout & Monetization (Hybrid)

Alfie; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

OpenAI’s FinEng team in San Francisco is hiring a Data Scientist who will own analytics and experimentation across checkout, payments, pricing, and monetization. You will define metrics, build source-of-truth data assets, and design experiments to improve conversion and reduce churn while expanding global payment coverage.

The role blends data science with product analytics, requiring strong SQL and Python skills, excellent communication with engineers and PMs, and the ability to drive scalable

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a quantitative role (data science, product analytics, or experimentation) in high-growth or fintech environments
• Fluency in SQL and Python, with a track record designing and interpreting A/B tests and quasi-experiments
• Experience building product metrics from scratch and operationalizing them for decision-making
• Excellent communication skills with PMs, engineers, risk/finance partners, and executives
• Strategic instincts beyond significance tests—clear thinking about tradeoffs (conversion vs. risk vs. cost vs. user experience)

Responsibilities

• Own checkout & payments analytics and experimentation across methods and locales (e.g., bank transfers, emerging rails), improving conversion while monitoring risk and latency.
• Build and run the experimentation program for in-house checkout—define success metrics and guardrails, execute staged rollouts, and use offline incrementality when online tests aren’t feasible.
• Create operational visibility and source-of-truth data with FinEng Data Engineering—land team-level metrics, SLAs, and self-serve dashboards that drive proactive action.
• Lead subscription, retention, and monetization analytics—ship launch-readiness for new subscription features, reduce involuntary churn (e.g., targeted retrials/nudges), and develop elasticity/FX frameworks toward pricing optimality.

Skills

SQL

Python

Job description

OpenAI’s FinEng team in San Francisco is hiring a Data Scientist who will own analytics and experimentation across checkout, payments, pricing, and monetization. You will define metrics, build source-of-truth data assets, and design experiments to improve conversion and reduce churn while expanding global payment coverage.

The role blends data science with product analytics, requiring strong SQL and Python skills, excellent communication with engineers and PMs, and the ability to drive scalable