Data Scientist 1

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary:

PayPal, Inc. seeks Data Scientist 1 in Chicago, IL (Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance)

Job Duties: Identify new growth opportunities through deep dive analyses leveraging our rich datasets of user behavioral and transactional data. Translate ambiguous, unstructured business problems into actionable data-driven analyses. Deliver actionable, data-driven insights to help understand customer behavior, launch and optimize new features, and prioritize the product roadmap automation sequences. Craft compelling stories and present recommendations across teams and levels utilizing experience/knowledge with statistical, data mining, and machine learning algorithms. Help to launch, measure, and scale new solutions to create seamless consumer experiences and drive incremental revenue. Identify key metrics, conduct rigorous explorative data analysis, create exec-facing dashboards, and build business cases that drive decision-making and business prioritization. Act as a thought partner to our product team to build and lead cross-functional projects and leverage the Objective & Key Results (OKR) framework to identify product metrics and monitor product performance. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

Job Description:

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Economics, Data Science, Statistics, or a closely related field plus three years of experience in the job offered, as a data scientist, or a related occupation. 

Special Skill Requirements:

1.Statistics 

2.Data science 

3.Machine learning 

4.Python 

5.SQL 

6.A/B Testing 

7.BigQuery 

8.Pandas 

9.Looker 

10.Tableau 

EOE, including disability/vets. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance. 

Additional Job Description:

PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills and experience. Your recruiter can share more information about our total compensation package during the hiring process.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

0

Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:
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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

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