Join Plaid’s Network Value Data Science team as a mid-level Data Scientist supporting the Remember Me feature, where you will drive data-informed product development for a critical user-facing product. Your daily tasks include translating business questions into analytics projects, conducting ad-hoc and strategic analyses, building data models and dashboards to enhance system visibility, creating OKRs, designing experiments, and developing ML prototypes and causal inference models. You’ll need 5-8+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a related role, strong SQL skills, proficiency with Airflow and dbt for data pipelines, and expertise in Python and machine learning. Ideal candidates have fintech experience and can champion a data-first approach across the organization to support Plaid’s mission of growing its consumer network.
Skills
SQL
Airflow
dbt
Python
ML
Causal Inference
Experimentation
Data Modeling
Dashboards
CI/CD
Fintech
Analytics
What you'll do
Champion a data-first approach to decision-making across the organization.
Translate business questions into actionable analytics projects.
Perform ad-hoc and strategic analysis to support product development.
Build data models and dashboards for improved system visibility.
Design and analyze experiments to inform feature release decisions.
Create OKRs to quantify progress towards business goals.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a related analytics role
Strong SQL skills and experience creating metrics for stakeholder alignment
Experience building data pipelines with Airflow and dbt
Track record of driving data-driven performance for user-facing products
Experience translating business questions into analytics projects and performing strategic analysis
Strong communication skills and cross-functional partnership experience
Record of identifying novel ways to impact top-line OKRs and influencing stakeholders
Market check
Salary context
This
$190,800–$262,800
range sits above
93%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$100,985–$203,940
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$126,800–$184,912
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Plaid
Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure
Plaid currently has
127 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$186,000–$262,800
across 127 roles with salary data.