Senior Data Scientist, Product

Overview

Senior Data Scientist, Product on Coinbase's Data Science team, working in partnership with Product, Engineering and Design to influence the roadmap and better understand users.

What you'll do

• Conduct analysis and deep dives on ambiguous problems, producing insights and recommendations that guide the team's decision making.
• Build, tune, or measure the performance of online and offline ML models and AI systems used across Coinbase.
• Act as owner for a broad scope of data and metrics, from definitions and core logging to presentation of data visualizations.
• Guide code reviews, provide SQL and Python expertise, and create well-maintained ETL jobs.
• Maintain a high bar for statistical rigor on your team.
• Design, execute, and uplevel experimentation and causal analyses that build confidence with stakeholders.

What you'll need

• A BA/BS in a quantitative field (ex Math, Stats, Physics, or Computer Science) with ≥5+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD in a quantitative field with ≥3+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in driving impactful data science projects that tackle ambiguous problem spaces.
• Ability to influence external stakeholders by synthesizing data learnings into compelling stories.
• Practical expertise in applying complex modeling frameworks to practical business problems.
• Professional experience using SQL and Python.
• Experience working with digital products in an iterative development cycle.
• Demonstration of core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready analytical outputs and models.

Details

• Remote-first, but not remote-only; expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called "surges".
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $180,370 – $212,200 USD.
• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).