Staff Data Scientist, Growth & Personalization

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex, the AI-native financial operating system, is hiring a Staff Data Scientist to partner with Growth and Marketing to deploy high-impact data science solutions that influence how we acquire, engage, and retain customers globally.

You'll translate data insights into actionable recommendations, shape growth strategy, and mentor the data science team as Airwallex scales its real-time analytics platform across markets and products.

Qualifications

• 7+ years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)
• Experience with communicating the results of analyses to leadership teams and cross-functional teams to influence the strategy
• Technical mentorship experience with machine learning and experimentation in an industry setting
• Expert in machine learning and statistical modeling to drive data driven growth strategy
• Hands on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production-grade systems (e.g., cloud-based services, real-time and batch pipelines)
• Expert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python); experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus
• Experience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Uplevel the data science team by providing technical mentorship, assuming hands-on leadership to resolve complex problems, and setting the vision for longer term direction
• Serve as a strategic thought leader with Marketing, Growth Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute GTM strategy and investment decisions
• Design and deploy a range of data science solutions—including predictive models, personalization and recommendation systems, LLM-powered applications, incentive optimization frameworks, and causal inference models to drive measurable business outcomes
• Apply machine learning and/or statistical models to measure causal impact of Marketing initiatives

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Experimentation

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Production ML systems

Education

PhD or MS in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Cloud services

Job description

Airwallex, the AI-native financial operating system, is hiring a Staff Data Scientist to partner with Growth and Marketing to deploy high-impact data science solutions that influence how we acquire, engage, and retain customers globally.

You'll translate data insights into actionable recommendations, shape growth strategy, and mentor the data science team as Airwallex scales its real-time analytics platform across markets and products.