Data Scientist
- PayPal
- 2 to 6 Yrs
- Chennai
- 3 years ago
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Job Description
At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives. We re a purpose-driven company, and our beliefs are the foundation of how we conduct business every day. We re guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Collectively, these values inspire us to work together as One Team with our customers at the center of everything we do, and to take care of ourselves, each other, and the communities in which we live and work. We challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. Join us as we enable the hopes, dreams, and ambitions of millions of people around the world.We are looking for an analytical, articulated and results-driven Data Scientist to join PayPal s Global Data Science tea. The team builds solutions to fraudulent activity in PayPal s accounts. These solutions significantly impact our customer experience and protection and directly contribute to PayPal s financial performance.
Data Scientist in the fraud domain are highly motivated team players who specialize in building scalable system that identify fraud patterns. The Data Scientist overcome challenges presented by big data, evolving fraud techniques and new payment technologies by leveraging area expertise, data science, advanced classification algorithms and domain knowledge. They follow those mechanisms development process from start to finish, and work closely with technologists and developers to bring their analytical insights to life.
The ideal candidates are problem solvers, equipped with strong analytical skills suited to approach various kinds of challenges in complex environments. Adept at creative and critical thinking, they are able to deconstruct the problem and transform personal insights into large scale, state-of-the-art solutions. Candidates must be quick learners with a strong sense of personal responsibility and technical orientation.
Requirements:
2+ year of experience solid understanding of probability, statistics, machine learning, data science, A/B testing & analysis of ML models.
End-to-end system design: data analysis, feature engineering, technique selection & implementation, debugging, and maintenance in production.
Optimizing models for accuracy and performance.
Experience with Hadoop, Spark, or other distributed computing systems for large-scale training & prediction with ML models.
Hands on with SQL, to be able to pull data from various upstream sources and transform it.
Hands on with at least one scripting language like Python/R etc.
Quick-thinker, fast learner, wide general knowledge, problem solver
Team worker, responsible , delivery-oriented
Excellent spoken and written English
For more than 20 years, PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, our open digital payments platform gives PayPal s 400 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying, or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at pa**************************n@pa***l.com.
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Employement Category:
Employement Type: Full timeIndustry: Internet / E-Commerce
Role Category: Statistics / Analytics
Functional Area: Not Applicable
Role/Responsibilies: Data Scientist
Contact Details:
Company: PayPal Holdings IncLocation(s): Chennai
PayPal
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders
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