Airwallex - Staff Data Scientist, Algorithm (Payments Optimization)
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Requirements
• Advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, or related disciplines. • 5+ years of industry experience in data science or applied ML. • 5+ years • Proven experience in experimentation and causal inference to drive data-informed product decisions with concrete impact. • Strong experience in deploying ML systems to production is a big plus. • Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical leader, defining and developing critical systems and influencing product strategy in high-growth environments. • Proficient in SQL and Python/R. • Experience using LLM, AI and Agent to improve processes and ML models
Responsibilities
• Define and drive the technical strategy for multi-objective payments optimization, ensuring that AWX optimizes payment conversion rates, fraud risk, and transaction costs. • Act as the strong technical owner on cross-functional initiatives, solving unique, critical, and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. • Provide technical thought leadership on various optimization algorithms (e.g. contextual bandits) and experimentation techniques (e.g. A/B testing, causal inference). • Collaborate with engineering teams to design and build tools and infrastructure to enable optimization at scale and deploy ML systems to production. • Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, and other cross-functional teams to inform and influence product strategy and investment decisions. • Clearly and persuasively communicate complex data insights and technical recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring your findings influence stakeholders at all levels. • Mentor and coach junior data scientists and engineers.
Benefits
• Opportunity to work on impactful problems that directly influence payments success and business outcomes. • Collaborate with a talented, cross-functional team in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. • Drive the adoption of advanced data science techniques and experimentation to improve customer and business outcomes. • Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters • To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page. • Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. • Equal opportunity • Equal opportunity
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