Senior Data Scientist

The Role

We are seeking a full stack Senior Data Scientist who will help shape business strategy and product development decisions through data-driven insights for SoFi's financial services products. This is an exciting role for someone to make a direct impact on the product strategy and revenue of SoFi.

Success in this role hinges on your technical aptitude, quantitative abilities, and business acumen : you know how to plow through data with SQL / Python / R / Tableau, surface insights using math / statistics / ML techniques, and measure the business impact using efficiency / conversion / profit metrics. You treat stakeholders as a partnership – you are there at each step of the way and you know that we only succeed if we succeed together.

What you'll do

Work with product and business managers to identify strategic opportunities, measure KPIs to craft compelling stories, make data-driven recommendations, and drive informed actions.

Own end-to-end product analytics workflow including formulating success metrics, socializing them across the organization, and creating dashboards / reports.

Act as a curator of data by defining, instrumenting, and tracking necessary analytics of our products by working cross functionally with engineering and product teams.

Craft, analyze, and present customer behavior metrics, such as funnel conversion, user churn, features engagement, product LTV, and cross-sell metrics. Design tests with product and marketing partners to improve these metrics.

Work with seasoned business leaders to understand revenue, costs and profitability across various revenue streams.

Analyze and perform statistical analysis on data that underlies our product experiments.

Build exploratory & predictive models to help decision makers understand customer behaviors and segmentation.

Stay focused on what's best for the company – be flexible when needed while staying steadfast on core goals.

What you'll need

Bachelor's degree required (Masters preferred) in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering or quantitative field.

4+ years of relevant work experience

Intellectual curiosity and aptitude to pick up new technical skills

Exceptional problem-solving skills

High EQ with ability to influence outcomes and communicate technical content to general audiences

Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance

Ability to communicate assertively and succinctly, influencing stakeholders to make data driven decisions.

Strong programming skills in SQL, Python and proficiency in Tableau

Experience with experimentation and hypothesis testing

Ability to work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment, with strong attention to detail

Strong relationship building and collaborative skills

Nice to have

Experience in a financial organization

Experience in working with growth-focused products

Familiarity & interest in Generative AI systems, including RAG and LLMs

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location.

To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our

Benefits at SoFi

page!

Pay range : $128,000.00 - $240,000.00

Payment frequency : Annual

This role is also eligible for a bonus, long term incentives and competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link above.

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The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

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Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

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If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.

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