Visa ยท 1 day ago
Staff Data Scientist
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $233K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally. They are seeking a highly technical and hands-on Staff Data Scientist to develop AI-driven data products and collaborate with various teams to design and deploy machine learning solutions.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and data solutions that support analytics, predictive insights, and AI-powered platform features
Perform data exploration, feature engineering, modeling, and validation using large, complex datasets
Build, maintain, and improve data pipelines and model workflows in partnership with engineering teams
Apply appropriate metrics and evaluation techniques to measure model performance, reliability, and business impact
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Security partners to translate business requirements into scalable and secure data science solutions
Contribute to platform modernization efforts by improving data quality, performance, reliability, and observability
Support operational readiness through monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of deployed models
Qualification
Required
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
2+ years of experience building and deploying AI/ML models for analytics, predictions, or recommendations in production environments
3+ years of experience working with large-scale data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, NoSQL, or relational databases
2+ years of experience designing and maintaining ETL or data pipelines
Experience working with big data, distributed systems, and batch or streaming data processing
Strong understanding of metrics design, experimentation, and model evaluation techniques
Proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with modern ML frameworks is a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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