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Senior Data Scientist, Trust & Safety

133k – 185kSan Francisco, CAHybrid5+ YOE
Summary

Senior data scientist driving Trust & Safety product decisions at a fintech company through experimentation, statistical modeling, and cross-functional collaboration. Requires 5-7 years of experience and expert SQL skills.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product, engineering, research, and design to translate insights into product development guidance
  • Lead experimentation: define success metrics, data requirements, evaluate impact, and provide strategic direction
  • Drive roadmap, analysis, metric ideation, and strategic discussions with stakeholders
  • Monitor performance metrics and KPIs; explain trends across business, product, and member base
  • Foster a data-driven, test-and-learn culture; present insights and recommendations to drive change
  • Collaborate with analysts and other functions to bridge business questions with technical solutions

Requirements

  • 5-7 years in data-focused roles (post-internship) building analytical infrastructure and data tools
  • Experience leading experimentation, statistical analysis, and sophisticated measurement (e.g., causal inference) end-to-end
  • Expert-level SQL skills with ability to translate business questions to queries and explore data warehouses
  • Familiarity with R or Python for reproducible code and automation
  • Hands-on experience with BI/visualization tools (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
  • Experience building metric frameworks to understand user behaviors
  • Ability to think holistically, navigate ambiguity, and solve business problems
  • Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Focus on impact—ensure recommendations translate into business change

Nice-to-Haves

  • B2C product analytics experience
  • FinTech experience
Skills
SQLPythonRLookerTableauPower BIExperimentationCausal InferenceStatistical AnalysisData Visualization
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