Data Scientist, AI/ML – Visa Consulting and Analytics

Visa•Ashburn, VA

9h•$123,700 - $191,300•Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Data Science group at Visa supports bank and merchant partners by leveraging extensive data sets, including over 4 billion cards globally and 190 billion transactions annually. The team focuses on developing innovative solutions that directly impact the business of highly analytical partners. This role is for Senior Data Scientists who are passionate about leading teams and solving complex data problems using Visa's rich data and technical toolkit. The successful candidate will join one of the Data Science focus areas (e.g., merchants, issuers, enablers, fintechs) and will have opportunities to collaborate across various Data Science teams, gaining broad exposure to Visa’s business.

Requirements

2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)
3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
2+ years’ experience in data-based decision-making or quantitative analysis, including exposure to LLMs and GenAI applications
Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field such as statistics, operations research, economics, computer science or many others
Experience in understanding and analyzing data using Python or Other statistical software
Experience with extracting and aggregating data from large data sets using SQL, Hive, Spark or other tools
Experience and comfort with machine learning techniques and accompanying packages
Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain or similar), vector databases, and embedding models
Competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Tableau

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in an analytical field
Previous exposure to financial services, credit cards or merchant analytics

Responsibilities

Use and build new predictive models to innovate and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, data insights, advertising targeting and other business outcomes
Be an out-of-the-box problem solver who is passionate about applying data science techniques and innovate thinking to our unique data to help our clients both innovate and solve the problems they face
Leverage AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cline, OpenAI Codex) to accelerate development
Apply data science and GenAI techniques to analyze transaction data and deliver actionable client insights
Build agentic AI systems with multi-step reasoning, tool use, and memory for complex payment decisioning workflows
Work with your data science colleagues as well as other teams across Visa to guide the critical thinking for our clients by using the data and tools available to you
Connect with clients as well as client teams regarding the results and strategic recommendations advised by your analyses
Develop visualizations to make your sophisticated analyses accessible to a broad audience
Find opportunities to craft products out of analyses that are suitable for multiple clients
Work with partners throughout the organization to explore opportunities for using Visa data to drive business solutions