Staff Data Scientist
We’re seeking a Staff Data Scientist to drive transformative solutions for our business’s most critical operational challenges. This high-impact, high-visibility role is a unique opportunity to join the CEO’s Strategy and Operations team, collaborating directly with the CEO. You’ll be at the forefront of shaping how we capture, analyze, and leverage data to optimize operations, drive innovation, and achieve ambitious company-wide goals.
In this role, you’ll move beyond traditional data analysis to architect operational systems and processes to produce actionable data. By leveraging advanced algorithms and building scalable data pipelines, you’ll enable automation, optimization and transformative insights across the organization.
If you thrive on solving complex problems, delivering meaningful outcomes, and shaping critical decisions with data, this role is for you.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States. We’d love for you to join us!
The Impact You’ll Have:
- Build and deploy advanced models and algorithms to anticipate trends, address operational challenges, identify risks, and uncover opportunities.
- Analyze large-scale payment processing data to uncover insights that improve financial outcomes, inform product development, and guide strategic decision-making.
- Strong understanding of the strategic value of data and its ability to drive business decisions through actionable insights. Expertise in the full data ecosystem, including data management, governance, quality standards, accessibility, and scalability, ensuring data is not only reliable but also accessible and optimized for business needs.
- Work directly with the CEO and Strategy & Operations team to tackle the company’s most critical operational challenges.
- Translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations that shape business strategy and drive organizational impact, and communicate findings to C-Suite executives to ensure alignment.
Who You Are:
Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Julia with a solid understanding of their syntax, data structures, and object-oriented programming.
- Strong SQL skills and working knowledge of designing and implementing ETL pipelines using orchestration tools
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS) for large-scale data processing and storage, including tools such as Redshift, S3, BigQuery, and Dataflow
- Solid understanding of statistical methods, machine learning models, and optimization techniques.
- Expertise in machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, PyMC3) for building, training, and deploying models at scale.
- Proven experience in developing cloud-native ML solutions, optimizing workflows, and deploying models into production environments.
Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex datasets, uncover trends to solve operational challenges, and drive measurable business impact.
- Proven experience designing and implementing dashboards, scaled analyses, or automated solutions that succinctly answer complex or ambiguous business questions.
- Proactive and strategic problem solver who anticipates issues, thinks ahead, and delivers impactful results.
- Thrives in dynamic, collaborative environments, effectively working across teams to align goals and achieve objectives.
- Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations for diverse audiences, including executive leadership.
Experience & Education:
- 6+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, or a related field.
- Master’s or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- Previous experience in a high-growth, fast-paced environment (fintech or a similar industry preferred)
Your Manager
Typical Process
- Application Submission
- Recruiter video call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
- Offer!
Compensation and Benefits
Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:
- National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
- Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
- Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.
Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.
When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:
- National: $159,800 - $ 199,800
- Premium: $171,000 - $ 213,700
- Premium Plus: $185,800 - $232,300
We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible time off – take what you need
- Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
- Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
- Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
- Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
- Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
- Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive
About Marqeta
Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.
Marqeta’s Values
– Intentional Curiosity: We believe in asking the questions others shy away from. True progress comes from understanding today’s realities while challenging ourselves to do better and take on the status quo.
– Thoughtful Responsibility: We believe that every interaction with our technology and platforms matters. Businesses and livelihoods rely on our work, so we strive for excellence and accountability every day with the highest standards for failsafe technology and compliance.
– Innovative Simplicity: We believe that simplicity is powerful, especially in innovation—making a tool work better or finishing that feature that makes everyone smile. Our customers face a lot of complexity. We’re not here to add more.
– Shared Success: We believe the measure of our success is the success of our employees, customers, and communities. From local businesses to big corporations, our impact goes deep and wide. And we’ve got the results to prove it.
– Passion to Thrive: We believe anyone with a better idea should be able to change the game for our company and our customers. We solve big problems for our customers and draw energy from that challenge and opportunity.
Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy
Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants regardless of race, ancestry, national origin, color, Indigenous, citizenship, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression marital status, family status, disability, veteran status, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond the categories above. Review Marqeta’s ESG Report to see that dedication in action. Fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected creates a stronger and more innovative team at Marqeta. We celebrate the unique contributions of each individual and empower all members of our organization. Join us in building a company where diversity thrives and everyone can be their authentic selves.
If you require reasonable accommodation for the application process and beyond (including due to a disability), please submit this form and we will be more than happy to assist you. Marqeta will make reasonable accommodations for candidates when needed in accordance with applicable law. The Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice applies to the personal data that you directly provide to us or that we collect during the application and candidate recruitment process.
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