Senior Staff Data Scientist

Hidden Road; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development budget

In-office collaboration 10+ days/mo

Bi-weekly all-company meetings

Equity and bonuses

Job summary

Ripple is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to lead analytics across product and business units, defining the analytics vision, building scalable frameworks, and accelerating insights with AI tooling.

You will partner with product leads to frame critical questions, set success criteria, and ensure decisions rest on solid data foundations. You will mentor teams and deliver executive-ready narratives to drive growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data science with cross-team impact
• Leadership across executive and execution levels
• Experience designing reusable analytics frameworks that scale across products
• Hands-on AI to accelerate analytics workflows (agentic analysis, AI-assisted insights)
• Deep expertise in experimentation, causal inference, forecasting, and statistical modeling
• Proficiency in Python or R and SQL; experience with large-scale data tech
• Experience with FinTech, payments, crypto, or blockchain data is a strong plus
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a quantitative field preferred

Responsibilities

• Be the DS tech lead across multiple product and business teams
• Define analytics strategy with product/business leads
• Build scalable scientific frameworks and metrics for product and network health
• Pioneer AI-accelerated analytics to scale insight generation
• Drive evidence-based evaluation of growth across on-chain activity
• Translate complex results into executive-ready narratives
• Mentor embedded DS teams across groups

Skills

Data science leadership

Experimentation & causal inference

Python or R

SQL

AI tooling

Executive communication

FinTech/crypto experience

Education

MS/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

dbt

Job description

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

THE WORK:

We're looking for a Staff Data Scientist to be the technical lead across Ripple's diverse product and business portfolio. You'll define the analytics vision, build the scientific frameworks the org uses to evaluate product and business performance, and use AI tooling to accelerate the speed and reach of analytics across the company.

In this role, you'll partner with product and business leads to frame the most important questions, set the analytical bar, and ensure decisions across surfaces rest on a consistent, thorough foundation. You'll operate as a force multiplier -- solving the hardest problems, building the frameworks others reuse, and levelling up data scientists across teams.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Be the DS tech lead across multiple product and business teams: setting methodological standards and unblocking the hardest analytical problems across areas including Treasury, Markets, Custody, and XRPL.
• Partner with product and business leads to define analytics strategy: shaping which initiatives to invest in, what success looks like, and how we'll know.
• Build the scientific frameworks Ripple reuses at scale: product and network health metrics, causal inference playbooks, liquidity and adoption models, and forecasting approaches that work across institutional and developer surfaces.
• Pioneer AI-accelerated analytics: applying LLMs and agentic workflows to scale insight generation, automate routine analysis, and enable self-serve exploration for non-DS partners.
• Drive evidence-based evaluation of growth across customers, corridors, and on-chain activity, surfacing the causal drivers behind adoption and volume.
• Define and communicate the metrics leadership runs on: translating complex results into clear narratives for Ripple executives and external stakeholders.
• Raise the bar for the DS function through thought leadership and mentorship across embedded teams.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• 8+ years in data science or quantitative analysis, with a track record of senior level impact across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across cross-functional teams, influencing roadmaps and strategy at both executive and execution levels.
• Proven experience designing reusable analytics and measurement frameworks that scale across products.
• Hands-on experience applying AI to accelerate analytics workflows (agentic analysis, AI-assisted insight generation, natural-language data interfaces).
• Deep expertise in experimentation, causal inference, forecasting, and statistical modeling in a product environment.
• Expertise in Python or R, fluency in SQL, and experience with large-scale data tech (Databricks, Airflow, dBT a plus).
• Experience with FinTech, payments, crypto, or blockchain data is a strong plus.
• Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in a quantitative field preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills — able to turn technical depth into executive-ready narratives.

For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

CA Annual Base Salary Range

$1 — $2 USD

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

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