Senior Data Scientist

Blockchain.com is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software.

We are looking for a talented Senior Data Scientist to join our Business Intelligence team and work from our office in Paris. The group is part of a larger Data Science team, informing all product decisions and creating models and infrastructure to improve efficiency, growth, and security. To do this, we use data from various sources and of varying quality. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Apply your expertise in data mining, and data visualization to extract insights that can inform our business and product decisions
• Design, implement and describe to technical and non-technical stakeholders predictive and descriptive models of key business operations and outcomes
• Create and maintain visualizations including dashboards, reports, and alerts
• Work together with the product and/or market teams to identify the key metrics to measure the different aspects of the business. 
• Identify and communicate data insights that improve the way we deliver consumer experience and meet business goals
• Source appropriate data to support the creation and implementation of product strategies
• Work across CS, Marketing and Product, help define retail customer segmentation and customer journey profiles

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in STEM (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Economics) or equivalent experience
• Proficiency with probability and statistics including hypothesis testing, simulations, ANOVA, and Bayesian statistics
• Proficiency in Python for Data Analytics (or similar data analytics scripting language) and SQL
• Proficiency with relational and non-relational database systems
• Proficiency in cloud platform development environments

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with Crypto
• Experience with Financial Reporting
• Experience with R, C++, Java, or other programming/scripting languages
• 8+ years working in similar role or function

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• Hybrid model working from home & awesome office location in the heart of Paris  
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Apple equipment
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field
• Flexible work culture  

Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at dpo@blockchain.com. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller’s behalf.  Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards under the standard contractual clauses. 

Your personal data will be retained by Controller as long as Controller determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment.  Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.