Senior Data Scientist, Platform Analytics & Experimentation

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

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

SQL

Python

Stakeholder influence

Statistical modeling

Clear communication

Education

BA/BS in quantitative field

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

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.