Data Scientist, Pipe
$150-180k
Salary applicable for US based candidates, may vary in other locations
Capital and financial tools for SMBs
Job no longer available
Capital and financial tools for SMBs
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$150-180k
Salary applicable for US based candidates, may vary in other locations
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize how entrepreneurs access financing.
Role
Who you are
- 3-5+ years building ML models, including training, evaluation, and deployment
- Fluency in Python and the standard stack (NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, etc.)
- Working comfortably with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) and standard dev tooling (GitHub, VS Code)
- Strong fundamentals in probability, statistics, and machine learning
- Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable collaborating across functions and surfacing progress, tradeoffs, and results
- Bachelor's in CS, Applied/Financial Math, Statistics, Economics, or a related technical field. Master's is a plus, not a requirement
- Bonus: prior experience in credit risk modeling, underwriting, or adjacent risk decision sciences (insurance pricing, actuarial, fraud) is a strong plus
- You want to make a real dent at a fast-moving company
- You hold yourself and your teammates to a high bar
- You have a strong technical foundation and want to put it to work helping customers succeed
- You take end-to-end ownership and like working across functions
- You want to be in an environment that values and rewards excellence
What the job involves
- We're looking for a hands-on Data Scientist who treats AI tooling as a core part of the craft. You'll work in an agentic development environment, such as Claude Code, Cursor, and similar, to build, ship, and iterate on statistical and ML models faster than a traditional DS workflow allows
- The problems are real: credit underwriting, risk management, and cash-flow forecasting for SMBs across five countries. You'll learn a tremendous amount about fintech, and there's a significant career runway at Pipe
- Partner with senior scientists to forecast cash flows and other drivers of business health using statistical and ML modeling
- Design and build models that make our capital products better for customers and deliver positive return assets. Sharper pricing, lower losses, growth and offers that fit how SMBs actually run
- Proactively mine our datasets for insight, and prototype new models that move the needle for customers and the business
- Own model outcomes end-to-end. Not just deployment bespoke to the platforms Pipe serves (e.g., UberEats and Housecall Pro), but ongoing performance, residual analysis, drift detection, and the judgment calls about when a model needs to be retrained, replaced, or retired. You'll work closely with product, risk peers and engineering to make this real in production
Our take
Pipe is an alternative trading platform for start-up businesses that allows entrepreneurs and founders to take agency over their direction. Now a certified unicorn company, Pipe enables companies to sell their future recurring revenue to large institutional investors for cash.
The company was founded by entrepreneurs who had experience with the challenges founders face when financing companies. Solving a widespread problem in the start-up space, Pipe has seen great success and has been used by over 23,000 companies and 80,000 merchants, facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars in loans quarterly.
The company has seen great success in recent years by partnering with GoCardless to revolutionize SME capital across the UK, a move the company is making to expand its international presence outside of the US. This pilot program has shown impressive results and points towards a future of international success for Pipe.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2021
$250m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $316m
Company benefits
- Remote first, flexibility is key: Work from where you want and meet up with your colleagues somewhere new each quarter
- Health, dental, vision benefits: For you and your dependents, so you can feel your best without worry
- Parental leave, fertility & family planning benefits: We're proud to offer meaningful programs that help you put your family first
- Unlimited PTO: We really mean it when we say we want you to take time off when you need it - and we love a good company holiday
- Customized workstations: Choose a comfortable work-from-home set up that makes sense for you
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Josh Mangel
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Product at Fair.com, CEO & Co-Founder at Skurt and was the Co-Founder of Beatdeck.
Harry Hurst
(Co-Founder)Also the Co-Founder of Protagonist. Previously Entrepreneur of the Year at Ernst & Young and was the Co-Founder of Skurt.
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