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Data Scientist, Payments

$112K/yr – $168K/yr

Boston, MAIT & TechnologyPosted 18d ago

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Role overview

Job type

Full-time

Salary

$112K/yr – $168K/yr

Location

Boston, MA

Posted

18 days ago

Job description

Responsibilities

Leverage AI to create scalable data tools, agents, and automations

Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams to systemize and make data-driven decisions

Measure and optimize the cost and performance of our payments stack

Serve as a subject-matter expert on our payments business and implementation

Proactively identify gaps and opportunities in our processes

Design, run, and analyze experiments

Independently research questions and produce actionable insights

Build ETL pipelines, dashboards, and machine learning models

Translate open-ended business needs into practical data solutions

Design, implement, and maintain data systems and system architecture

Stand up, maintain, and improve cloud data infrastructure and tooling

Operationalize data processes and systems

Preferred

experience with payments or banking

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

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Product Management

Accounting and Finance

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Marketing

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Customer Service and Support

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Qualifications

a quantitative, AI-fluent early-career professional

A bachelor's degree in a quantitative field with a strong academic record

Experience working with code at an internship

Experience working with large datasets using code, including SQL and Python

Experience using AI tools to accelerate development, improve data workflows, and automate processes

Strong analytical expertise and business acumen

Strong ability to communicate with non-technical partners

Knowledge of systems architecture and cloud infrastructure

A quantitative, AI-fluent early-career professional

Experience with payments or banking

Required skills

Represents the skills you have, click on the tags, SQL, Large-scale data analysis, Systems architecture

Preferred skills

experience with payments or banking

Experience

Entry level

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