Data Scientist

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.

Job Description Summary:
A Data Scientist within the Fraud Defense Cyber Center will support incidents and investigations by extracting unique fingerprints, which can be operationalized to mitigate fraud and abuse.

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.

The Fraud Defense Cyber Center (FDCC) is a diverse team of cybersecurity, fraud, and risk experts who work with partners across PayPal to spearhead collaborations that achieve durable and holistic solutions to complex types of fraud. To support this goal, the FDCC has teams which support incidents and investigations by analyzing account information, network logs, and big data datasets. This analysis is critical in fingerprinting activity to assist with mitigations and driving solutions.

We are looking for a passionate, highly talented, and self-driven Data Scientist to join our team. You should be eager to learn and able to analyze information and data with the goal of supporting fraud mitigation solutions.

Your way to impact

• Support Fraud Defense Cyber Center Incident Management teams to identify features and data points which can be leveraged to mitigate fraud and prevent future abuse
• Support Risk and Information Security teams by operationalizing data produced in incident reviews that is accurate and well vetted
• Lead analytical driven projects which quantify fraud and abuse risk, while staying organized, setting clear goals, and providing clear updates to progress

Your day to day

• Take leads from incidents, ad-hoc escalations, and identified emerging trends and produce data driven analysis to develop fraud stories and key indicators of abuse within the data
• Extract fingerprints from data to effectively identify abuse and develop methodologies to ensure accuracy
• Effectively visualize the information to communicate insights to others and help create dashboards to support incidents and/or investigations
• Operationalize the fingerprints and data driven insights with teams and/or tools to detect, challenge, and mitigate abusive traffic in support of an end-to-end holistic approach to risk and security
• Interact with multiple teams and engage with both technical and non-technical teams to drive resolution to incidents and investigations

What you need to bring

• College degree, preferably in a quantitative field (Math, Analytics, Computer Science, etc.), or equivalent work experience/industry certifications
• Proficient in working with large datasets and conducting detailed analysis to drive decisions
• Familiarity with financial fraud and abuse methodologies specific to fintech
• Experience with any or multiple of the following: Splunk (or similar SIEM tool), SQL, Python, R, Jupyter Notebooks, Teradata, Hadoop
• Experience creating data visualizations, including dashboards and visuals to highlight important insights
• Basic knowledge of computer networking and ability to understand network log data
• Ability to follow change management processes and governance
• We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:
PayPal

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Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:
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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.