Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 305 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

What does Success Look Like?

In your role as a Senior Data-Scientist, you will:

• Working with partners to translate business challenges into Data Science problems

• Data mining and extracting information in PayPal’s Big Data environment

• Analyzing various kinds of data and concluding actionable insights

• Independent research and innovation in new content and technological domains, while supporting existing projects

• Broadening the analytic playing field by using a wide range of research tools and methods, including applying scientific knowledge

About You

We know the confidence gap at https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/ and imposter syndrome at https://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/overcoming-imposter-syndrome/ can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

• Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, etc.)

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience.

• Code writing capability in any programming language (Python, R, Java, Scala, etc.) and familiarity with relevant ML packages.

• Hadoop experience (MapReduce, PIG, Hive, Spark) – an advantage

• Excellent spoken and written English

• Team worker, responsible, delivery-oriented

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We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.