PayPal Data Scientist 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

205181873

What you need to know about the role-

Job Description:

Decisions Scientists on this team are responsible for:

• Developing and implementing new risk strategies to ‘challenge’ users to enable good and prevent bad payment volume.
• Understanding the funnel so that we can identify friction points and opportunities to improve Good User Pass Rates, including implementing and monitoring existing strategies
• Developing new strategies to prevent loss, partnering with Product and Data Science teams to develop new attributes, models and product requirements to ensure we deliver the best possible customer experience while meeting loss rate targets.
• The Decisions Scientists will partner with teams from across the globe to identify, coordinate and react quickly to prevent new and emerging fraud trends, thus preventing losses.

Your day to day

In your day-to-day role you will

• Fight fraudulent activity by analysing existing loss trends through review of specific cases, research on our payments database and incorporation of feedback from other teams.
• Produce accurate, automated risk solutions to block fraudulent activities through various actions.
• Work closely with product teams on development of new products to identify potential gaps that might create loss and define requirements to mitigate those risks.
• Have a good understanding of general business trends and directions to be able to relate work in the broader business context.
• Partner with teams from across the global to identify and react quickly to prevent new and emerging fraud trends, thus preventing losses
• Develop controls and monitoring dashboards to ensure performance against business goal, regulatory requirements and business priorities

What do you need to bring-

• BS/BA/master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills (SQL experience is a requirement, Experience in Tableau for reporting)
• High proficiency in fundamental SQL. Other technical skills are a plus (Python, UNIX background)
• Strong organizational skills and excellent follow-through
• Outstanding written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

Travel Percent:

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