Software Engineer- Data Scientist
As a Data Scientist, you will shape the future of Payment products by applying your technical skills, analytical mindset, and product intuition to one of the richest data sets in the world. You will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a wide range of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Data Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Operations. You will influence strategy and investment decisions with data, be focused on impact, and collaborate with other teams. By joining Convera, you will become part of a world-class data science community dedicated to skill development and career growth in data and beyond. Business acumen: You will use data to support business decisions, quantify new opportunities, identify upcoming challenges, and ensure the products we build bring value to customers. You will help your partner teams prioritize what to build, set goals, and understand their business ecosystem. Data Science: You will guide teams using data and insights. You will focus on developing hypotheses and employ a varied toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, different methodologies, frameworks, and technical approaches to test them. Communication and influence: You won't simply present data but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence your partners using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity and be a trusted strategic partner.
Data Scientist Responsibilities
1. Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches
2. Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our business
3. Identify and measure success of business efforts through goal setting, forecasting, and monitoring of key product metrics to understand trends
4. Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve the business and drive roadmaps through your insights and recommendations
5. Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute product strategy and investment decisions
Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, a relevant technical field, or equivalent
2. 2+ years of work experience in analytics and data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R)
3. 2+ years of experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches, understanding ecosystems, user behaviors & long-term business trends, and leading data-driven projects from definition to execution [including defining metrics, experiment, design, communicating actionable insights]
About Convera
Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers – helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.
Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers which makes Convera a rewarding place to work. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.
As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.
We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:
There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform Business to Business payments. Apply now if you’re ready to unleash your potential.
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Our purpose We help 30,000 customers worldwide navigate the challenges of digital commerce, offering them a better way to move money – and capture value – with every transaction. Our people Our teams care deeply about what we do and the value we bring to our customers. There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform B2B payments. Our culture We’re focused on developing a culture of growth-minded, results-oriented people with big ideas. As a truly global company, we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles and unique points of view.
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