About the Role
As a Senior Data Scientist at Circle, you will collaborate with business partners to enhance product understanding, analyze the payments ecosystem, and enable data-driven decision-making. This passionate team employs a deeply analytical approach, and your work will support the mission to be a world-class, data-driven company. A key focus is on payments, specifically building an exceptional on-chain payments product within the Circle Payment Network. If you are curious about data, enjoy deep problem-solving across product and modeling, love deriving insights, have experience improving data products and in payments, and are motivated by business impact, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the payments team to translate business needs, design and develop core tables, investigate product use, and research on-chain payment products.
- Perform strategic analysis and research to identify business improvement opportunities.
- Create data visualizations to communicate analytical and data science results across the business.
- Build scalable automation solutions using SQL, dashboards, and other tools for the payments team.
- Partner with leaders, using clear communication to present business insights and data.
- Educate larger audiences on payment products and the ecosystem by sharing results.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data science.
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (R or Python) for data manipulation, analysis, and model building.
- Strong understanding of statistics and experience applying statistical methods to understand business outcomes and customer behavior.
- Proven experience in planning and driving analytical and data science projects.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills to convey complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical partners.
- Deep knowledge and/or experience in payments products and services (strong preference).
- Deep knowledge and/or experience in exploring blockchain data and public transaction data (strong preference).
Skills
- data science
- SQL
- R
- Python
- data manipulation
- data analysis
- model building
- statistics
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills
- Payments products and services
- blockchain data exploration
- public transaction data exploration
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $152,500 - $205,000
About the Company
- Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is a leading internet financial platform company, building a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure.
- Circle's platform includes the world's largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain.
- Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation.
- Circle is committed to visibility and stability, expanding into strong jurisdictions.
- The company values are High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
- Circle offers a flexible work environment that encourages new ideas and treats everyone as a stakeholder.
- Circle believes in a future where digital dollars work securely worldwide for a prosperous global economy.
- USDC, a digital currency backed by the US dollar and always redeemable 1:1, was created to achieve this mission.
- Circle collaborates with regulators to ensure USDC meets and exceeds stablecoin standards, potentially transforming global money movement.
- The company's values drive success and foster an environment where employees can thrive, grow, and learn, drawing competitive strength from diversity.
- Circle's culture and values are a source of pride for employees, making it a top place to work globally.
Equal Opportunity
- Circle is an equal opportunity employer.
- The company does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected status required by law.
- Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations as required by law.
- Accommodations or assistance for disabilities during the interview process can be requested by contacting accommodations@circle.com.
