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Senior Data Scientist, Platform

Coinbase

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Compensation
$180–212K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Coinbase’s Data Science team partners with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape product decisions through experimentation, analytics, and advanced modeling. The Senior Data Scientist, Platform will analyze ambiguous business problems, build and evaluate machine-learning models and AI systems, own data and metrics, and guide rigorous experimentation and causal analysis. Coinbase is remote-first, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.”

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Data Science Project LeadershipStakeholder InfluenceData StorytellingComplex ModelingSQLPythonDigital Product DevelopmentGenerative AIHuman OversightClear CommunicationPositive EnergyContinuous LearningEfficient Execution

Qualifications

BA/BS or PhD in Quantitative FieldBA/BS + 5 Years or PhD + 3 YearsRelevant Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

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.

Data Science is an integral component of Coinbase’s product and decision making process: we work in partnership with Product, Engineering and Design to influence the roadmap and better understand our users. With a deep expertise in experimentation, analytics and advanced modeling, we produce insights which directly move the company’s bottom line.

What you'll be doing:

  • Conduct analysis and deep dives on ambiguous problems for our business. Your work will result in insights and recommendations that guide the team’s decision making.

  • Build, tune, or measure the performance of online and offline ML models and AI systems used across Coinbase.

  • Act as owner for a broad scope of data and metrics, from definitions and core logging to presentation of data visualizations.

  • Guide code reviews, provide SQL and Python expertise, and create well-maintained ETL jobs.

  • Maintain a high bar for statistical rigor on your team. Design, execute, and uplevel experimentation and causal analyses that build confidence with your stakeholders.

What we look for in you:

  • A BA/BS in a quantitative field (ex Math, Stats, Physics, or Computer Science) with ≥5+ years of relevant experience or a PhD in a quantitative field with with ≥3+ years of relevant experience

  • Demonstrated experience in driving impactful data science projects that tackle ambiguous problem spaces.

  • Ability to influence external stakeholders by synthesizing data learnings into compelling stories.

  • Practical expertise in applying complex modeling frameworks to practical business problems.

  • Professional experience using SQL and Python.

  • Experience working with digital products in an iterative development cycle.

  • Demonstration of our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.

  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready analytical outputs and models.

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)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $180,370—$212,200 USD

  • 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.

  • US Applicants: View Employee Rights, Know Your Rights, and E-Verify Notice of Participation.

  • Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.

  • Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,833 open Data Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$180–212K/yr
  • US median$135–213K/yr3,713 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $196K, is 14% above the US median midpoint ($173K) — in the middle half of Data Scientist salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 4,833 open Data Scientist jobs across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Data Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,140 postings).
Education
2,287 of the 4,833 open Data Scientist jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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