Staff Data Scientist, Security

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

You’ll be joining the data science team at Stripe responsible for our overall infrastructure, with a special focus on Stripe’s security. Projects include, but are not limited to:

What it asks for · 8

• 10+ years of data science experience or equivalent combined industry and research experience in a quantitative field.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, Quantitative Marketing, Physical Sciences, Engineering, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience of leading organization-wide initiatives spanning multiple teams, or leveraging deep domain expertise to influence tech roadmap planning and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders to drive business outcomes.
• Experience creating alignment with stakeholders in ambiguous and complex situations, and leading company-level initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to balance execution and velocity with research, statistical depth, and scalable design.
• Proficiency with AI tools to accelerate model development, analysis, and coding.
• Experience mentoring and investing in the development of peers.

Also a plus

• Strong preference for experience working with security or security-adjacent teams, and familiarity with contemporary security tools and practices.
• Experience in the end-to-end development and production implementation of machine learning, statistical, or forecasting frameworks (beyond building model prototypes).
• Experience developing and deploying metrics and observability frameworks.

What the job covers

• Provide senior technical direction to data teams on horizontal technical areas, including detection, modeling, metrics, observability, etc. Assume hands-on leadership, especially when helping teams resolve complex problems through iterative execution.
• Identify broad company problems and opportunities that can be tackled through data science
• Work with relevant teams to design and build the quantitative outputs and artifacts that deliver outsized value to our users and our business.
• Provide data-driven guidance to cross-functional partners on strategy for tracking and protecting Stripe assets from external and internal threats.
• Contribute to the overall strategy, roadmap, and vision of your data science team and organization.
• Evangelize and inspire best practices across data science. Lead by example to build a culture of craftsmanship and innovation.
• Provide mentorship to our data science talent to help them grow technically and professionally.

Degree language

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, Quantitative Marketing, Physical Sciences, Engineering, etc.).

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• data11×
• experience8×
• data science6×
• security5×
• quantitative4×
• requirements4×
• assets3×
• business3×
• demonstrated3×
• design3×
• development3×
• execution3×
• model3×
• provide3×
• research3×
• strategy3×

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