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More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.\nWe started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.\nWe're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read ouroperating principles to see it in full.\nGrowth Data Science Team\nThe Growth Data Science team sits at the center of Airwallex’s growth engine, turning data and AI into a durable competitive advantage. We build and scale advanced solutions-from predictive modeling and personalization to LLM-powered systems, incentive optimization, and causal inference-to unlock step-change growth across the customer lifecycle.\nLearn more about the data science team in this blog.\nThe Role\nWe’re seeking a Staff Data Scientist to partner closely with the Growth and Marketing teams to design, deploy, and iterate on high-impact data science solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. In this role, you will apply machine learning models to influence how we acquire, engage, and retain customers globally.\nYour work will directly shape Airwallex’s growth strategy, influencing how we acquire, engage, and retain customers. You are naturally curious, business-oriented, and have a proven track record of translating data insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen brand presence and accelerate growth.\nWhy Join Now\nYou’ll join the Airwallex team during a critical period, where we are building a team that enables both global consistency in process, tooling and methodology and local flexibility and speed in execution. This is a great opportunity to shape the next phase of Airwallex’s growth.\nResponsibilities\nUplevel the data science team by providing technical mentorship, assuming hands-on leadership to resolve complex problems, and setting the vision for longer term direction\n\nServe as a strategic thought leader with Marketing, Growth Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute GTM strategy and investment decisions\n\nDesign and deploy a range of data science solutions-including predictive models, personalization and recommendation systems, LLM-powered applications, incentive optimization frameworks, and causal inference models-to drive measurable business outcomes\n\nApply machine learning and/or statistical models to measure causal impact of Marketing initiatives\n\nQualifications\n7+ years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)\n\nExperience with communicating the results of analyses to leadership teams and cross-functional teams to influence the strategy\n\nTechnical mentorship experience with machine learning and experimentation in an industry setting\n\nExpert in machine learning and statistical modeling to drive data driven growth strategy\n\nHands on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production-grade systems (e.g., cloud-based services, real-time and batch pipelines).\n\nExpert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python); experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus\n\nExperience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous\n\nApplicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters\nTo protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.\nAirwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.\nEqual opportunity\nAirwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. 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