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Job Type
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Experience
2-4 year -
Salary
$90,000 - $190,000 / Year -
Location
Guatemala City, Guatemala -
Job Function
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Industry
Information Technology -
Qualification
Key Skills
Analytical and Problem solving, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, English Proficiency, Leadership, Presentation skills, Python Programming, SQL, Writing
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.
Job Description Summary:
What you need to know about the role:
The Device Intelligence team at PayPal is responsible for detecting and preventing fraudulent activity in customer touchpoints such as sign-up, login, payments, and post-payment activities. They achieve this by collecting signals from browsers and mobile apps and converting them into actionable insights. The team is now expanding its focus to also defend against automated attacks and disrupt the economics of cybercrime.
Meet our team:
Data scientists are highly motivated team players with strong analytical skills who specialize in creating, driving and executing initiatives to mitigate fraud on PayPal’s platform and improve the experience for PayPal’s hundreds of millions of customers, while guaranteeing compliance with regulations.
Our team in the Identity and Risk Lifecycle team are problem solvers suited to approach varied challenges in complex big data environments. As part of our day-to-day, we are collaborating with a wide variety of partners in the company, such as product experts, data scientists and engineers to bring our analytical insights to life, impacting the experience and security of millions of users around the globe.
Job Description:
Your way to impact:
Device Intelligence is a critical part of PayPal’s Risk Platform and in many ways considered the first line of defense against online fraudulent activity found in customer touchpoints such as sign-up, login, payments, and post-payment activities. In addition to its core capabilities of collecting signals from browsers and mobile apps and converting these signals into actionable insights to detect and prevent fraud, the Device Intelligence team is expanding its charter to be the first line of defense against automated attacks and in the process disrupt the economics of cybercrime. To achieve this vision of being the first line of defense against large-scale automated attacks, we are looking for an analytical and results-driven Data Scientist to join the Device Intelligence team in Guatemala. The Device Intelligence team is part of PayPal’s Identity and Risk Lifecycle Organization.
Your day to day:
In your day to do you will:
- Build large-scale end-to-end data science solutions, to combat fraud, which balances risk, user experience, and financial performance.
- Own the full lifecycle of a solution from the research phase to production.
- Provide regular updates to leadership, peers, and other stakeholders that simplify complex analytical research and insights into easy-to-follow actionable outcomes and drive impact for our customers, our stakeholders, and PayPal.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including product managers, engineers, and information security researchers to translate business challenges into Data Science problems
- Look for improvement and innovation opportunities with business impact. Provide a source of high-quality ideas.
What do you need to bring:
- 3+ years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or above, or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Finance etc.)
- Demonstrated experience in data science and analytical problem solving
- Proven experience with Python, SQL
- Hadoop and big data experience - an advantage
- Strong English written and verbal skills a must, including the ability to explain and/or present analyses and convey complex ideas to all audiences
- **We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.
- Please submit resume in English
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.
Company Info.
PayPalPayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders.
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IndustryFinTech
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No. of Employees30,900
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Location2211 North 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95131, USA
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