Sr. Data Scientist

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

What you need to know about the role:

We are seeking a senior data scientist who can generate valuable insights from data through deep-dive analyses, who is experienced at supporting new product launches with robust experimentation plans, and who can guide and mentor other data scientists on the team.

Meet our team:

The Rewards & Loyalty Analytics team at PayPal plays a critical role in measuring and driving customer engagement through the loyalty and offer experiences. You'll drive strategy through data—designing, measuring, and optimizing loyalty incentives, merchant cashback offers, and ads. Employ experimentation, causal inference, and advanced analytics to uncover insights that directly influence PayPal’s loyalty and offer ecosystem.

Job Description:

Your way to impact: 

• You believe in data-driven decisions and use data to answer business questions 

• You are hyper-analytical, intellectually honest, and passionate about data and A/B experimentation 

• You are a highly motivated, result-oriented self-starter, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and can deliver successful results with minimal guidance 

• You are curious and inquisitive: you love digging into data and uncovering insights 

• You are motivated by improving the experience customers have with the products you work on 

Your day to day:  

• Help to launch, measure, and scale new solutions to improve customers’ experiences with the PayPal App and website 

• Identify new opportunities through deep dive analyses leveraging our rich datasets of behavioral and transactional user data 

• Translate ambiguous, unstructured business problems into actionable and data-driven analyses 

• Size potential impact of new ideas to help prioritize product roadmaps 

• Bring clarity to the performance of our key metrics and flows through well-