Senior Data Scientist, Credit Analytics & Growth

Plaid; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Job summary

Plaid is transforming how people interact with their finances through a data-first approach. The Senior Data Scientist for Network Value (Credit) will shape product strategy, partner with product managers and engineers, and drive data-driven decisions to grow Plaid’s consumer network.

You will translate business questions into analytics projects, build dashboards and KPIs, and run experiments to improve product performance and user experience.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or in an analytics role.
• Experience as a product data scientist for consumer-facing products.
• Experience with experimentation and strategic insight generation in a product environment.
• Strong SQL skills and ability to drive stakeholder-aligned metrics.
• Experience building data pipelines with Airflow and dbt.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Translate business questions into analytics projects and measurable outcomes.
• Create and maintain dashboards, core metrics, OKRs, and KPIs for Credit product.
• Support feature launches through experiments and data-driven decisions.
• Partner on data pipelines and scalable reporting using SQL, Python, Redshift, Databricks, notebooks.

Skills

SQL

Python

Airflow

dbt

Experimentation

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Redshift

Databricks

Notebooks

Job description

Plaid is transforming how people interact with their finances through a data-first approach. The Senior Data Scientist for Network Value (Credit) will shape product strategy, partner with product managers and engineers, and drive data-driven decisions to grow Plaid’s consumer network.

You will translate business questions into analytics projects, build dashboards and KPIs, and run experiments to improve product performance and user experience.