Shakepay is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to help define how the company measures, understands, and manages risk. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in data science, decision science, or a similar analytical role and strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, Decision Science or in a similar analytical role
- Experience with fraud, risk, trust and safety, AML, or compliance analytics
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
- Experience performing deep analytical work and ML techniques related to regression, classification, experiment design, causal inference, or decision analysis
- Strong product and business judgment, with the ability to connect analytical work to customer outcomes, risk outcomes, and company priorities
- Experience working with modern cloud data warehouses and tooling (i.e Snowflake, dbt, etc)
- Outstanding communication skills and the ability to translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations
- Proven ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to challenge assumptions constructively
- Experience partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders to influence decisions
- Good judgment when tailoring the analytical toolkit to the problem at hand
- Interest in Bitcoin and familiarity with fintech, payments, crypto, or other regulated industries
Benefits
- Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
- Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments
- Health & wellness : Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts
- Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto
- Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth
- Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus
- Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks
- Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other
