Decision scientists are highly motivated team players with strong analytical skills who specialize in creating, driving and executing initiatives to mitigate fraud on PayPal s platform and improve the experience for PayPal s hundreds of millions of customers, while guaranteeing compliance with regulations.
Decision scientists in the Bot Mitigation Strategy team are problem solvers suited to approach varied challenges in complex big data environments. Our core goals are to enable seamless and delightful experiences to our customers, while preventing threat actors from abusing the varied experience PayPal offers. As part of our day-to-day job, we are collaborating with a wide variety of partners product owners, AI/ML scientists, security experts, and engineers, to bring our analytical insights to life, impacting the experience and security of millions of customers around the globe.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of advanced data science models.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements.
- Drive best practices in data science.
- Ensure data quality and integrity in all processes.
- Mentor and guide junior data scientists.
- Stay updated with the latest trends in data science.
Expected Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualification
Your way to impact
Decision scientists deeply understand PayPal s business objectives, as their impact on PayPal s top and bottom lines is immense. As a decision scientist, you will analyze large dataset and lead strategy development, with the aim of adapting PayPal s advanced proprietary risk controls to the ever-evolving fraud landscape.
Your day to day
In your role as a Decision Scientist, you will
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Track and measure performance against KPIs and goals to identify and mitigate fraud risk and enable growth
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Develop and own data-driven risk decision strategies to support PayPal s risk and business goals
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Utilize bottom-up, story based, innovative techniques to apply analytical know how onto PayPal s risk strategies
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Plan, drive and execute projects from start to finish, with partners across the company, to develop cutting edge, scalable and safe solutions
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Work with product and platform teams to develop cutting edge, scalable and safe products, to enhance the experience for our global customers
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Grow ongoing communication with partners across the company and share updates with senior leaders effectively and while translating complex problems into simpler terms
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Plan and measure experiments to analyse incremental value of new intelligence feeds, from internal teams or vendors
What do you need to bring -
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Bachelor s Degree (or above) in one of the following economics, finance, engineering, exact sciences, etc.
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Hands-on experience in relevant positions, e.g. decision scientist, data analyst, data scientist background in identifying trends and patterns / risk management / law enforcement or military intelligence units
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Technical orientation; experience in SQL / Python / other programming language
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Independent, self-driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Proven analytical and problem solving skills, business mindset
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Quick-thinker, fast learner, self-starter, inquisitive, forward thinking
Great advantages
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Experience for fraud/risk/intelligence
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Experience with automation tools/scripting
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Experience with internet protocols (HTTP, IP, TLS)
