Circle is hiring a
Senior Data Scientist

Summary

The job is for a Data Science hire focusing on Machine Learning at Circle, a financial technology company. The role involves identifying transactions and actors who might be acting illicitly, balancing reserves across accounts to reduce systemic risk, researching machine learning problems, and performing deep analyses and building models to understand customer behavior.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data analysis or data science, with 3+ years focusing on machine learning problems, ideally in a relevant space (KYC, sanctions detection, anti-fraud detection, treasury management, crypto/blockchain data science)
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language, such as R or Python, for data manipulation and analysis
• Deep knowledge of machine learning, both theory and application
• Proven experience in planning and driving productionalized machine learning models
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
• Strong communication skills to convey complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical partners

Responsibilities

• Own development, improvement, and maintenance of the two problems described: helping identify transactions and actors who might be acting illicitly and helping us better balance our reserves across a series of accounts to reduce systemic risk inside the company
• Partner with product, treasury, fellow data scientists, and data engineering to understand these problems, help produce the necessary model inputs, build models at the right fidelity and frequency, help push these into production, and monitor the health and success of these models
• Identify and work on other machine learning problems that will be highly valuable to Circle

Benefits

• Base Pay Range: $147,500 - $195,000
• Annual Bonus Target: 12.5%
• Equity & Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
• Circle has a discretionary vacation policy. We also provide 10 days of paid sick leave per year and 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S