JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017

Stripe

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Analytics
Economist/Data Scientist

JOE ID Number: 2016-02_111456679
Date Posted: 10/25/2016
Date Inactive: 01/31/2017
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Economist/Data Scientist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: 00 -- Default: Any Field
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Stripe is the best way to accept payments online and in mobile apps. We handle billions of dollars every year for forward-thinking businesses around the world.

With all this data, we’re looking for economists to join the Analytics team to help us better understand our users and build better products. If you are data curious, excited about deriving insights from data, and motivated by having impact on the business, we want to hear from you.

You will:
Work closely with product and business teams to identify important questions and answer them with data.
Apply statistical and econometric models on large datasets to: i) measure results and outcomes, ii) identify causal impact and attribution, iii) predict future performance of users or products.
Design, analyze, and interpret the results of experiments.
Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources.
Create analyses that tell a “story” focused on insights.

You have:
A PhD or MS in a quantitative field (e.g., Economics, Statistics, Eng, Natural Sciences, CS).
Knowledge of a scientific computing language (such as R or Python) and SQL.
Strong knowledge of statistics and experimental design.
The ability to communicate results clearly and a focus on driving impact.

Application Requirements:
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