Senior Data Scientist - Platform

Unchain Data; United States; Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 212.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Platform Data Science team. You will partner with product, engineering, and design to improve core systems and user journeys, applying advanced modeling and experimentation to move the company’s bottom line.

You will work on high-impact, cross-functional problems, building north star metrics, guardrails, and causal inference approaches across onboarding, payments, authentication, and risk domains.

Qualifikationen

• BA/BS in a quantitative field with ≥5+ years of relevant experience or a PhD with ≥3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading data science projects tackling ambiguous problems.
• Ability to influence external stakeholders by synthesizing data learnings into compelling stories.
• Experience with digital products in an iterative development cycle.

Aufgaben

• Conduct analysis and deep dives on ambiguous problems to generate insights and actionable recommendations.
• Own data and metrics from core logging to visualization outputs.
• Guide code reviews, provide SQL and Python expertise, and build ETL pipelines.
• Maintain statistical rigor through experimentation and causal analysis.

Kenntnisse

SQL

Python

Stakeholder influence

Statistical modeling

Clear communication

Ausbildung

BA/BS in quantitative field

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Jobbeschreibung

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 Coinbase's Platform Data Science team. Platform data scientists partner with product, engineering, and design to improve the core systems and user journeys that power Coinbase spanning areas like Payments, Risk & Trust, Identity & Onboarding, Compliance, Customer Support, and Experimentation.

As a Senior Data Scientist on Platform, you'll work on high-impact, cross-functional problems where the goal is to make Coinbase safer, more reliable, and easier to use, while unlocking growth through better decision-making and measurement. Sample projects include diagnosing funnel drop-offs and reliability issues across critical user journeys (e.g., onboarding, payments, authentication), designing north star + guardrail + diagnostic metric systems and running and improving experimentation and causal inference approaches (A/B tests, quasi-experiments, incrementality measurement).

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 can range 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)).