Senior Data Scientist, Algorithm Financial Markets

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software we empower over 200000 businesses worldwide including Brex Rippling Navan Qantas SHEIN and many more with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts payments spend management and treasury to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne we have a team of over 2000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price Visa Mastercard Robinhood Ventures Sequoia Salesforce Ventures DST Global and Lone Pine Capital Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact accelerated learning and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking and youre motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment dig deep with curiosity and make decisions from first principles balancing speed and rigor.

Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

About the team

As a global team we span across Australia China USA and Singapore revolutionizing applied data science data engineering and platform solutions to support Airwallexs rapid growth. You will collaborate with a diverse range of cross-functional partners including Product Engineering Marketing Sales Finance and more to tackle complex data problems and shape the future of fintech.

Learn more about the data science team in this blog.

The Role

• Effectively manage Airwallexs risk portfolio delivering actionable insights to shape our overall risk strategy within financial markets

• Apply statistical and/or machine learning models to estimate financial markets risk exposures (including FX credit capital and other product risks) and optimize market forecasting order routing fund efficiency and pricing decisions

• Partner with Product Managers Traders Risk Engineering and other stakeholders to deliver data-driven recommendations that support commercial and operational objectives

• Clearly present analytical results and insights to cross-functional teams to influence business strategies and decision-making

Who you are

Were looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics Engineering Sciences Computer Science Economics)

• Strong understanding of financial markets foreign exchange and/or dynamic trading systems is a plus

• Experience with communicating the results of analyses to executives and cross-functional teams to influence the strategy

• Expert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL) scripting languages (e.g. Python) and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R) experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus

• Ability to perform statistical analysis and develop machine learning models to drive data-informed decisions

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in technology financial services trading environment and/or a high growth environment is advantageous

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To 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 @ email address. Please apply only through or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex 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.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex 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. We dont regard color religion race national origin sexual orientation ancestry citizenship sex marital or family status disability gender or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

Required Experience:

Senior IC