Senior Financial Data Scientist

Blockchains are revolutionizing how financial data is shared and audited. As a Senior Financial Data Scientist working with the Coinbase finance team, you will be at the heart of these innovations, building data pipelines and tools that integrate traditional banking with the future of money.

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Building data pipelines that process financial (payment) data from our platform, to generate audited accounting entries.
• Working closely with Coinbase platform engineering to automate reconciliation of data across internal systems, and between our platform and external sources (banks, blockchains, etc.)
• Designing internal tools for the accounting and support teams, to improve data quality and streamline back-office workflows.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

• Expert knowledge of SQL, particularly with respect to ledgers and financial data manipulation
• Expert knowledge of Python
• Working/expert knowledge of Airflow, or equivalent data pipeline tool
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools
• Basic knowledge of Bitcoin and/or Ethereum data models

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of double-entry accounting, previous experience working with data processing from online transaction processors
• Experience building web-based data management tools (eg. React, Rails)
• Advanced knowledge of cryptocurrency protocols

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