Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning

About the Company:

Circle is a cutting-edge financial technology firm positioned at the core of the evolving internet of money, facilitating instant and cost-effective value transfers worldwide. The company's pioneering technology is reshaping the landscape of payments, commerce, and markets, elevating global economic well-being and fostering inclusivity. Circle's infrastructure, featuring USDC, a blockchain-based dollar, empowers businesses, institutions, and developers to leverage these advancements in the convergence of money and technology.

Company Culture:

Circle upholds a commitment to transparency and stability across its operations as it expands into reputable global jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency drive the organization's progress, with employees embodying core company values of Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence, and High Integrity. The workforce, operating remotely, thrives in a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and recognizes each individual as a stakeholder.

Responsibilities:

As Circle's primary Data Scientist specializing in Machine Learning, your focus will initially encompass two critical objectives: identifying potentially illicit transactions and actors and optimizing reserve balancing to minimize systemic risk within the company. Solving these challenges is pivotal to maintaining Circle's reputation as a safety-conscious and compliant player in the crypto sector. Additionally, your role involves conducting supplementary research, visualizing problem-solving approaches, as well as delving into diverse areas to enhance the understanding of the company's operations. While this role primarily centers on machine learning applications, there may be instances where data science is applied to resolve different issues where machine learning may not be the optimal solution.

Key Duties:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain solutions for identifying potentially illicit transactions and actors, and optimizing reserve allocations across accounts for risk mitigation.
• Engage with product, treasury, fellow data scientists, and data engineering teams to comprehensively comprehend these challenges, prepare model inputs, create precise and timely models, integrate models into production, and monitor their efficacy.
• Explore and address other valuable machine learning challenges beneficial to Circle's operations.
• When not focused on machine learning models, spearhead data identification, metric definition, and analytical requirements for business partners, establishing and managing data pipelines and models supporting dashboards and data products of exceptional quality.
• Conduct in-depth analyses and model-building to grasp customer behavior patterns, extract pivotal insights influencing product decisions.
• Present business status, experiment outcomes, and insights-based recommendations to a broad audience and senior leadership.
• Collect and analyze blockchain data to interpret trading activities, incentives, and USDC’s integration in the broader crypto ecosystem.

Expected Attributes:

• At least 5 years of experience in data analysis or data science, with a minimum of 3 years dedicated to solving machine learning challenges, preferably in areas such as KYC, sanctions detection, anti-fraud detection, treasury management, or crypto/blockchain data science.
• Proficiency in SQL and one programming language (e.g., R or Python) for data manipulation and analysis.
• Deep expertise in both theoretical and applied machine learning.
• Track record in designing and deploying production-ready machine learning models.
• Strong analytical skills, keen problem-solving abilities, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, capable of conveying complex findings and insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information:

• Day-one PERM sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
• Compensation is determined based on factors like relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and organizational requirements.
• Base Pay Range: $147,500 - $195,000
• Annual Bonus Target: 12.5%
• Benefits include Equity, medical, dental, vision insurance, and 401(k).
• Additionally, Circle offers a flexible vacation policy, 10 paid sick days annually, and 11 paid holidays in the United States.

Circle is staunchly committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace and embraces diversity without regard to factors such as race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, or disability. Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as mandated by law.