Staff Data Scientist, Algorithm, Growth

Job description

The Role

We’re seeking a Staff Data Scientist to partner closely with the Growth and Marketing teams to design, deploy, and iterate on high-impact data science solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. In this role, you will apply machine learning models to influence how we acquire, engage, and retain customers globally.

Your work will directly shape Airwallex’s growth strategy, influencing how we acquire, engage, and retain customers. You are naturally curious, business-oriented, and have a proven track record of translating data insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen brand presence and accelerate growth.

Why Join Now

You’ll join the Airwallex team during a critical period, where we are building a team that enables both global consistency in process, tooling and methodology and local flexibility and speed in execution. This is a great opportunity to shape the next phase of Airwallex’s growth.

Responsibilities

Uplevel the data science team by providing technical mentorship, assuming hands-on leadership to resolve complex problems, and setting the vision for longer term direction

Serve as a strategic thought leader with Marketing, Growth Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute GTM strategy and investment decisions

Design and deploy a range of data science solutions—including predictive models, personalization and recommendation systems, LLM-powered applications, incentive optimization frameworks, and causal inference models—to drive measurable business outcomes

Apply machine learning and/or statistical models to measure causal impact of Marketing initiatives

Qualifications

7+ years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)

Experience with communicating the results of analyses to leadership teams and cross-functional teams to influence the strategy

Technical mentorship experience with machine learning and experimentation in an industry setting

Expert in machine learning and statistical modeling to drive data driven growth strategy

Hands on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production-grade systems (e.g., cloud-based services, real-time and batch pipelines).

Expert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python); experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus

Experience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.