Senior Data Scientist, Bitcoin

Block • San Francisco Bay Area, CA

12d • Remote

About The Position

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block. The Role As a Senior Data Scientist on Bitcoin, you will use data to accelerate our mission of making bitcoin everyday money across Cash App and Square. You'll work on critical initiatives such as stablecoin infrastructure, Lightning Network adoption, and Bitcoin payment rails innovation. This role requires a proactive mindset and strong product intuition. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to define strategy, measure impact, and unlock insights that drive product development. You'll bring technical depth across analytics, experimentation, and data engineering. Experience in consumer products and familiarity with bitcoin/stablecoin/crypto technologies is highly preferred. Work from anywhere: This role can be performed from any location in the US with the flexibility to work from home

Requirements

• 8+ years of data science experience, with a track record of driving product and business impact in consumer-facing products.
• Strong experimentation skills: you've designed, executed, and analyzed A/B tests and are comfortable with causal inference techniques.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear recommendations for diverse audiences.
• Solid data engineering fundamentals: you can build pipelines, transform data, and create reliable data products.
• Demonstrated use of LLMs and AI tools to accelerate your work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with bitcoin, crypto products, or blockchain analytics; familiarity with Lightning Network, stablecoins, or payment systems.

Responsibilities

• Shape product strategy for bitcoin adoption through experimentation, modeling, and analytics, from user acquisition to transaction monitoring.
• Design and analyze experiments that unlock growth in bitcoin usage, measuring everything from onboarding conversion to payment rail adoption.
• Build data foundations and self-service tools that enable product teams to move faster, from core metrics dashboards to experimentation frameworks.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to translate complex bitcoin/crypto user behaviors into actionable insights and product decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed