Senior Data Scientist, Embedded Insights

What you'll do

• Establish the analytics and metrics backbone for internal and external products as the team's first Data Scientist.
• Analyze network entities to identify behaviors, anomalies, and risks across the Plaid network.
• Create foundational metrics, dashboards, and monitoring systems to track network health and machine learning performance.
• Evaluate the value and performance of machine learning models using customer and internal data.
• Translate technical findings into actionable narratives for product and engineering leadership.
• Design experiments, define success metrics, and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Analyze product and customer data to identify opportunities for expansion and improvement.
• Build reliable data models and analytics workflows in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or a closely related field.
• 6+ years of industry experience in Data Science or a related analytics role.
• Deep familiarity with SQL and data visualization tools.
• Understanding of modern machine learning techniques such as classification, clustering, and optimization.
• Experience evaluating model performance and connecting technical results to business outcomes.
• Ability to code and iterate independently in Python for exploratory data analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain analytical methods to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience building or partnering on data pipelines using dbt or Airflow (preferred).