Data Scientist - Risk
Block(1 month ago)
About this role
The Product Data Scientist on the First Line Risk Monitoring team will act as an analytics and measurement expert, driving development of key risk indicators, monitoring metrics, and alerting to support proactive risk management across Block products. The role partners with risk and product stakeholders to size and quantify risks, inform strategy, and help automate detection of emerging issues during product lifecycle events. The position emphasizes translating quantitative insights for senior and non-technical audiences and independently delivering analytic projects.
Required Skills
- KRI Development
- Risk Monitoring
- Alerting Systems
- Anomaly Detection
- Metrics Dashboards
- Data Visualization
- Experimentation
- Statistical Analysis
- Python
- SQL
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Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Required
- Master's Degree Preferred
- PhD Preferred
About Block
block.xyzBlock, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy by connecting businesses and consumers across commerce, payments, and financial services. Its ecosystem includes Square (merchant point‑of‑sale, payments, hardware and business tools), Cash App (peer‑to‑peer payments, banking, investing and crypto), Afterpay (buy‑now‑pay‑later), TIDAL (music streaming), Bitkey (blockchain/security products) and Proto (R&D and product incubation). Block offers payments processing, merchant services, lending, payroll, subscriptions, developer APIs and integrated hardware aimed at simplifying commerce for small businesses and individuals. The company emphasizes developer-friendly tools and consumer apps to expand financial inclusion globally.