Senior Data Scientist - Developer

Unchain Data; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for the Developer Platform and Stablecoins team. You will define metrics, build user funnels, and inform product decisions using experimental data and dashboards. You may also explore stablecoin economics and liquidity programs to support global payments.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Design to influence roadmaps and understand user behavior, delivering insights that move the business forward.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in a quantitative field (Math, Stats, Physics, CS) with 5+ years of experience or a PhD with 3+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience driving impactful data science projects.
• Ability to influence external stakeholders with data-driven stories.
• Proven use of modeling frameworks to solve business problems.
• Professional experience with SQL and Python.
• Experience with digital products in iterative development.
• Strong alignment with our core values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, efficient execution.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis and deep dives on ambiguous problems to yield actionable insights.
• Own broad data scope from core logging to dashboards and visualizations.
• Guide code reviews and develop ETL pipelines with SQL and Python.
• Maintain statistical rigor; support experimentation and causal analyses.

Skills

Data storytelling

Stakeholder influence

Experimentation

Statistical analysis

Education

BA/BS in quantitative field

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

About Us

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

The Role

Data Science is an integral component of Coinbase's product and decision making process: we work in partnership with Product, Engineering and Design to influence the roadmap and better understand our users. With a deep expertise in experimentation, analytics and advanced modeling, we produce insights which directly move the company's bottom line.

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) and Stablecoins team. CDP is the best place to build decentralized applications or integrate crypto to existing apps, and our stablecoins team is working to enable instant global payments. We are looking for a product Data Scientist who can help define metrics for developer tools, create user funnels and inform product decisions based on user behavior. You may also work on stablecoin economics or fund flows throughout the ecosystem, and help to design programs to increase liquidity for stablecoins worldwide. You'll use proprietary and public data to create analyses and dashboards with exposure to leaders working on the frontier of decentralized app development and defi.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis and deep dives on ambiguous problems for our business. Your work will result in insights and recommendations that guide the team's decision making.
• Act as owner for a broad scope of data and metrics, from core logging to presentation of data visualizations.
• Guide code reviews, provide SQL and Python expertise, and create well-maintained ETL jobs.
• Maintain a high bar for statistical rigor on your team. Ensure that we're conducting experimentation and causal analyses that build confidence with your stakeholders.

Requirements

• A BA/BS in a quantitative field (ex Math, Stats, Physics, or Computer Science) with ≥5+ years of relevant experience or a PhD in a quantitative field with ≥3+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience in driving impactful data science projects that tackle ambiguous problem spaces.
• Ability to influence external stakeholders by synthesizing data learnings into compelling stories.
• Practical expertise in applying complex modeling frameworks to practical business problems.
• Professional experience using SQL and Python.
• Experience working with digital products in an iterative development cycle.
• Demonstration of our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.

Compensation

Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position ranges from $180,370 to $212,200 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).