PayPal Senior Data Scientist 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

746525231

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of advanced data science models.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements.
• Drive best practices in data science.
• Ensure data quality and integrity in all processes.
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists.
• Stay updated with the latest trends in data science.

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

to the ever-evolving fraud landscape.

In your role as a Decision Scientist, you will:

• Track and measure performance against KPIs and goals to identify and mitigate fraud risk and enable growth

• Develop and own data-driven risk decision strategies to support PayPal’s risk and business goals

• Utilize bottom-up, story based, innovative techniques to apply analytical know how onto PayPal’s risk strategies

• Plan, drive and execute projects from start to finish, with partners across the company, to develop cutting edge, scalable and safe solutions

• Work with product and platform teams to develop cutting edge, scalable and safe products, to enhance the experience for our global customers

• Grow ongoing communication with partners across the company and share updates with senior leaders effectively and while translating complex problems into simpler terms

• Plan and measure experiments to analyse incremental value of new intelligence feeds, from internal teams or vendors

What do you need to bring -

• Bachelor’s Degree (or above) in one of the following: economics, finance, engineering, exact sciences, etc.

• Hands-on experience in relevant positions, e.g.: decision scientist, data analyst, data scientist background in identifying trends and patterns / risk management / law enforcement or military intelligence units

• Technical orientation; experience in SQL / Python / other programming language

• Independent, self-driven, with a strong sense of accountability.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proven analytical and problem solving skills, business mindset

• Quick-thinker, fast learner, self-starter, inquisitive, forward thinking

Great advantages:

• Experience forfraud/risk/intelligence

• Experience with automation tools/scripting

• Experience with internet protocols (HTTP, IP, TLS)

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please