Senior Data Scientist

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

Data is a critical component of Coinbase's strategy to optimize financial operations and enhance decision-making. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to support cash flow processes, including payments, cash reconciliations against bank statements, and safeguarding of assets. You will gather financial data from diverse sources, including platform data, external financial institutions, market data, and internal financial systems. By transforming raw data into meaningful insights, you will develop advanced data models and pipelines that drive analytics for understanding cash flows.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product and Engineering to drive new initiatives, supporting new product launches fueling business growth.
• Help define data model, contract, scaling the build of data quality check and contract enforcement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Accounting, Treasury and other Finance functions, to extract financial data and insights, and provide data driven recommendations to enhance efficiencies for financial processes.
• Act as a strategic partner to functional teams; design and scope project plans; execute, test and implement data and reporting solutions.
• Initiate, develop and maintain data pipelines and data models that power dashboards and data products with outstanding craftsmanship.
• Work with the broader Data and Engineering teams to find ways to scale our platform through better systems and automation.
• Develop interactive dashboards and visualizations to present financial insights to stakeholders.
• Partner with peers and stakeholders to define and execute roadmaps that can help the function scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Self starter, has the ability to multitask, and highly collaborative in working with cross functional teams.
• Strong experience with data processing (ETL), fluency in complex SQL and basic programming language high proficiency with scripting language (preferably Python).
• Strong experience building data pipelines.
• Knowledge of data modeling, architecture, best practices.
• Experience using Apache Airflow or similar orchestration systems.
• Strong understanding of key finance principles, products within Accounting and Treasury domain, and eagerness to learn.
• Be able to independently create documentation for new data projects and requests, and build collaboration within the team.
• Demonstrate our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, act like an owner and efficient execution.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to haves:

• Previous experience working with financial services data is a plus.
• Previous working experience or knowledge of crypto is a plus.
• Domain experience in Payments, Accounting and Finance areas.
• Experience with Looker, Tableau or other business intelligence platforms.
• Be able to proactively manage prioritization of work.
• Experience manipulating large amounts of structured and unstructured data.

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Pay Range:
$180,370 — $212,200 CAD

Benefits

• Extended Health Care Benefit - (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Consult+ (Virtual Health Care)
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy