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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Staff Data Scientist, Algorithm, Growth

Airwallex Seattle, US Hybrid staff Full time

Salary

$250K - $299K per year

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Description

Compensation

The expected base pay range for this role is $250K – $299K, with additional compensation including equity and bonus.

How you'll make impact

You’ll shape the next phase of Airwallex’s growth by building data science systems that improve how we acquire, activate, engage, retain, and expand customers globally.

  • Design, deploy, and iterate on predictive models, personalization and recommendation systems, LLM-powered applications, incentive optimization frameworks, and causal inference models that drive measurable business outcomes.
  • Partner with Growth, Marketing, Product, Sales, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to turn data and AI into clear recommendations, stronger investment decisions, and effective go-to-market strategies.
  • Measure the causal impact of marketing and growth initiatives, identify what’s working, and translate those findings into action.
  • Raise the technical bar for the data science team through hands-on leadership, mentorship, and a clear vision for longer-term direction.

What we're looking for

Essentials

  • 7+ years of industry experience and an advanced degree, such as a PhD or MS, in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Engineering, the Sciences, Computer Science, or Economics.
  • Expert knowledge of machine learning and statistical modelling for data-driven growth strategy.
  • Hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production-grade systems, including cloud-based services and real-time or batch pipelines.
  • Strong experience with data querying languages such as SQL and scripting languages such as Python.
  • Experience applying machine learning and statistical models to measure the causal impact of marketing or growth initiatives.
  • Strong experience in AI harness and building AI agents.

Preferred

  • Experience with schema design and dimensional data modelling.
  • Experience communicating analysis and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams to influence strategy.
  • Experience in technology, financial services, or a high-growth environment.
  • Experience providing technical mentorship on machine learning and experimentation in an industry setting.

You'll thrive here if

  • You're comfortable owning the roadmap yourself.
  • You own the outcome and you don't wait for permission to fix what's broken.
  • You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and moving quickly anyway.
  • You're not precious about your ideas. You push hard for what you believe in, but you pivot fast when the data says otherwise.
  • You connect dots across functions and hold the big picture without losing grip on the details.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • schema design
  • dimensional data modelling
  • technical mentorship
  • communication skills

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airwallex/65cf9566-34b8-42e2-8f10-da4e0f3d8215

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