Senior Data Scientist
Join Coinbase as a Senior Data Scientist to enhance customer experience across various consumer products in a hybrid work environment.
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Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Data Scientist at Coinbase, the individual will focus on enhancing the customer experience across various consumer products through data analysis and strategic insights. Proficiency in SQL and Python, along with a strong background in advanced modeling and statistical rigor, are essential for success in this position. This role is ideal for experienced professionals with a quantitative background who thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguous challenges. Coinbase emphasizes collaboration across teams and values continuous learning and clear communication.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 181 other open roles including Strategic Finance Manager, Platform, Product Manager II, Workspace and Multi-User, Senior Software Engineer (Platform - Access & Authorization).
- 2641 active Python roles on Joblaze right now.
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- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Science roles (median ~$192,000).
- Pays more than 42% of the 1568 salaried Python roles we track (median $160,000). See Python salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Data Scientist role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - Singapore.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists SGD 181,545–SGD 191,100 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Data Scientist role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - Singapore.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Python, SQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Data Scientist role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
Data Science sits at the heart of how Coinbase builds products and makes decisions. We partner with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape roadmaps, understand our users, and move the company's bottom line through rigorous experimentation, analytics, and advanced modeling.
As a Data Scientist on the Consumer team, you'll improve the customer experience across Coinbase's consumer products — including spot and advanced trading, yield, Coinbase One, international expansion, and new launches such as prediction markets and equities trading. You'll define key metrics, build measurement and causal frameworks, and translate insights directly into product strategy and shipped improvements.
What you'll do:
- Drive analysis and deep dives on ambiguous business problems, delivering insights and recommendations that guide team decision-making
- Own a broad scope of data and metrics — from core logging to polished data visualizations
- Lead code reviews, contribute SQL and Python expertise, and maintain reliable ETL pipelines
- Uphold a high bar for statistical rigor, ensuring experimentation and causal analyses build genuine confidence with stakeholders
Required Skills and Experience:
- BA/BS in a quantitative field (Math, Stats, Physics, CS, or similar) with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience
- Proven track record of delivering impactful data science work in ambiguous problem spaces
- Ability to synthesize complex data into compelling narratives that influence stakeholders
- Practical expertise applying advanced modeling frameworks to real business problems
- Professional proficiency in SQL and Python
- Experience working with digital products in an iterative development cycle
- Embodies our core values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution
- Comfort using generative AI tools (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) responsibly in daily workflows — applying human-in-the-loop practices to drive measurable gains in quality and efficiency
Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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