RevenueCat

Senior Data Scientist, RC Capital

Americas · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago

SQLData ScienceDetection EngineeringProduct ManagementProduct StrategyLeadershipUnderwriting

About the role

This is a chance to be the founding Data Scientist embedded within the Capital team, a greenfield opportunity to scale our new fintech business lines from <$1M to $100M+.
Your work will touch real money, real developers, and a product that is just getting started.
Read more about the opportunity here https://www.notion.so/RC-Capital-the-opportunity-33ccb1a108b080ea9fdef24dfa0caa06?pvs=21.

Own the Data Science strategy for RC Capital. Build the foundation for our underwriting and fraud detection systems from the ground up. Nothing is locked in, you'll define the models, the signals, and the approach.
Develop sophisticated models for lead qualification, anomaly detection, fraud prevention, and credit underwriting. All this using the richest, most real-time app revenue data in the world.
Partner closely with Product and Engineering to integrate risk signals and underwriting logic into customer-facing flows and internal decisioning engines.
Analyze cross-platform revenue data to uncover insights that improve our underwriting models and product design.
Build mechanisms for measuring impact, evaluating model performance, and driving prioritization of new data initiatives.
You act like an owner. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and get something done yourself. You treat RevenueCat's balance sheet, product, and brand like it's your own.
Own the Data Science strategy for RC Capital.
Lead new Data initiatives as the Capital product line expands beyond Daily Payouts.
Have had a material impact on how RevenueCat deploys capital and manages risk at scale.

You are a Senior Data Scientist who cares deeply about impact and has direct experience with the kind of models that carry real financial consequence.
Imperfect is fine, measurable is required.
You have 5+ years of data science experience, ideally with a strong background in fintech, credit, lending, or payments.
You have deep expertise in fraud and/or underwriting.
You are an expert in SQL and Python.
You are comfortable making low-information, high-stakes decisions.
You can quickly get to confidence, move on, and iterate.

Cross-platform revenue plus leading indicators like installs, trials, conversions, and refunds.
Real-time, verifiable data: Cross-platform revenue plus leading indicators like installs, trials, conversions, and refunds.

Since graduating from YC's S18 batch we've grown into the default monetization platform for mobile: we're in >40% of newly shipped subscription apps, we process $12B+ in annual purchase volume, and we help everyone from a solo dev in Brazil

Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series C startup backed by top-tier investors, including Y Combinator
10-year window to exercise vested equity options
$2,000 USD for workspace setup and $1,000 USD annual stipend for continuous learning
Operate with high ownership in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment helping to define the long-term vision for our financial products.
Fully remote and flexible work environment

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