Data Scientist

Visa • Foster City, CA

212d • $129,400 - $200,500 • Remote

About The Position

Visa U.S.A. Inc., a Visa Inc. company, needs a Data Scientist (multiple openings) in Foster City, CA to: Generate business insights based on big data, identify impactful recommendations, and communicate findings to clients. Brainstorm innovative ways to use our unique data to answer business problems. Extract and understand data to form an opinion on how to best help our clients and derive relevant insights. Develop visualizations to make your sophisticated analyses accessible to a broad audience. Assess the efficiency and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques. Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets. Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, data insights, and other business outcomes. Partner with a variety of Visa teams to provide comprehensive solutions. Synthesize ideas/proposals in writing and engage in productive discussions with external or internal partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science or related field.
• 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a data scientist or data analyst-related occupation.
• Experience using macro, pivot table, and key Excel functions to analyze business and financial performance.
• Experience using PowerPoint to create charts and synthesize complex analysis into insights.
• Experience extracting and aggregating data using SQL, Hive, Airflow or other data pipeline tools.
• Experience analyzing large datasets using statistical software/programming language R, Python, SAS, or Stata.
• Understanding of code optimizations to elevate computing efficiency.
• Experience in data visualization using Tableau, Python and/or R.
• Experience building and working with predictive and descriptive statistics models using machine learning toolkit, Jupyter Notebook, Python and/or Hadoop.

Responsibilities

• Generate business insights based on big data and identify impactful recommendations.
• Communicate findings to clients.
• Brainstorm innovative ways to use unique data to answer business problems.
• Extract and understand data to help clients and derive relevant insights.
• Develop visualizations to make analyses accessible to a broad audience.
• Assess the efficiency and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Use predictive modeling to optimize customer experiences and business outcomes.
• Partner with various Visa teams to provide comprehensive solutions.
• Synthesize ideas/proposals in writing and engage in discussions with partners.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree