Role at a glance
- Salary
- $180.4K – $212K/yr
- Location
- Remote - US Remote - US - Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only)
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Education
- Bachelor's, PhD
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Role Summary
The Senior Data Scientist joins Coinbase's CX Consumer Analytics team, connecting customer support operations with revenue, retention, product adoption, and automation outcomes. The role develops revenue calibration models, experimentation frameworks, behavioral intelligence, and productionized LLM-powered analytics for executive and product decision-making.
What You'll Do
- Own and evolve Downstream Impact of Support revenue calibration models.
- Design and execute causal inference frameworks and experiments for CX programs.
- Build and maintain LLM-powered classification pipelines for contact taxonomy, friction detection, and issue attribution.
- Partner with Analytics Engineers to productionize models into governed Source of Truth infrastructure.
- Define segmentation models and behavioral signals with CX Program Managers and Product teams.
- Ensure experimentation, causal analyses, and model outputs meet standards for executive reporting and regulatory defensibility.
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Senior Data Scientist qualification requirements include quantitative education, relevant analytics experience, statistical and machine learning expertise, LLM/NLP pipeline experience, and executive communication skills.
Required
- BA/BS in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or another quantitative field, plus 5+ years of relevant experience
- PhD in a quantitative field plus 3+ years of relevant experience
- Revenue attribution or causal impact modeling experience
- Experience driving data science projects through ambiguous problem spaces in a consumer-facing or operational analytics context
- Experience applying A/B testing, causal inference, and machine learning to real-world business problems
- Experience designing and deploying LLM-based classification or NLP pipelines for operational or customer-facing use cases
- Ability to synthesize complex model outputs into actionable narratives for executive and product audiences
- Ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots and apply human-in-the-loop practices
Original job description
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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Senior Data Scientist on the CX Consumer Analytics team, you will serve as the foundational link between CX operations and top-line financial impact, owning the revenue calibration models, experimentation frameworks, and behavioral intelligence that connect every customer support interaction to Coinbase's asset accumulation flywheel. You will partner closely with CX Analytics Engineers, Program Managers, and Product teams to translate complex operational and behavioral data into defensible, executive-ready insights that drive measurable improvements in retention, product adoption, and automation quality.
What you'll do:
- Own and evolve CX's Downstream Impact of Support (DSI) revenue calibration models, translating support interaction data into quantified revenue signals.
- Design and execute causal inference frameworks and experiments to measure the incremental impact of CX programs (Concierge, Proactive Outreach, automation interventions) on customer retention and product engagement.
- Build and maintain LLM-powered classification pipelines for CX contact taxonomy, customer friction detection, and issue attribution, partnering with Analytics Engineers to productionize models into CX's governed Source of Truth infrastructure.
- Partner with CX Program Managers and Product teams to define segmentation models and behavioral signals that enable personalized experiences and improve business outcomes.
- Maintain a high bar for statistical rigor across CX's analytics function, ensuring experimentation, causal analyses, and model outputs meet the standards required for executive reporting and regulatory defensibility.
Required Skills and Experience:
- A BA/BS in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics) with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD in a quantitative field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience building revenue attribution or causal impact models and driving data science projects through ambiguous problem spaces in a consumer-facing or operational analytics context.
- Practical expertise applying statistical concepts including A/B testing, causal inference, and ML to real-world business problems, with a high bar for production-grade accuracy and evaluation rigor.
- Experience designing and deploying LLM-based classification or NLP pipelines for operational or customer-facing use cases.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders by synthesizing complex model outputs into clear, actionable narratives for executive and product audiences.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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About the company
Coinbase
Large Enterprise
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.