Remote Payments Data Scientist: AI-Driven Analytics & ML

Block, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

Block, Inc. is seeking an early-career data science professional focused on payments data across Square and Cash App.

You will partner with Product, Operations, Finance, and Engineering to optimize our payments platform, improve cost efficiency, and mitigate risk. You will contribute to horizontal initiatives across the Data Org, building data systems, pipelines, and tooling while leveraging AI to accelerate development and automate processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field with a strong academic record.
• Experience working with code at an internship.
• Experience working with large datasets using SQL and Python.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate development, improve data workflows, and automate processes.
• Strong analytical expertise and business acumen.
• Strong ability to communicate with non-technical partners.
• Knowledge of systems architecture and cloud infrastructure.
• Bonus: experience with payments or banking.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI to create scalable data tools, agents, and automations.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams to systemize and make data-driven decisions.
• Measure and optimize the cost and performance of our payments stack.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert on our payments business and implementation.
• Proactively identify gaps and opportunities in our processes.
• Design, run, and analyze experiments.
• Independently research questions and produce actionable insights.
• Build ETL pipelines, dashboards, and machine learning models.
• Translate open-ended business needs into practical data solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain data systems and system architecture.
• Stand up, maintain, and improve cloud data infrastructure and tooling.
• Operationalize data processes and systems.

Skills

SQL

Python

AI tools

Data analysis

Communication

Cloud infrastructure

Payments domain (bonus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

ETL tools

Cloud services

Job description

Block, Inc. is seeking an early-career data science professional focused on payments data across Square and Cash App.

You will partner with Product, Operations, Finance, and Engineering to optimize our payments platform, improve cost efficiency, and mitigate risk. You will contribute to horizontal initiatives across the Data Org, building data systems, pipelines, and tooling while leveraging AI to accelerate development and automate processes.