Circle
Staff Data Scientist - Digital Assets
San Francisco - remote first in US · Staff+
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$11,565 more — $206,565 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $206,565 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation.
- As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions.
- Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Perform strategic analysis, modeling, and research to identify new opportunities to improve our business.
- Partner with the Digital Assets, Finance, Treasury, and Risk teams by translating the business needs to design and develop core tables, investigate product use, investigate how other Digital Assets products work onchain, and conduct research that will help us build the best-in-class products.
- Build measurement frameworks to assess the success (or shortcomings) of the product portfolio and inform decision making
- Create data visualizations to translate analytic and data science results for broad understanding across the business
- Build scalable automation solutions using SQL, dashboards, and other tools to create leverage for yourself and the digital assets team
Requirements
- Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
- 7+ years of experience in data science.
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language, such as R or Python, for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
- Strong understanding of statistics and experience applying statistical methods to understand business outcomes and customer behavior.
- Experience with blockchain data and finance data is preferred but not required.
Compensation
- $195,000 - $257,500
Benefits
- Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support.
Company info
- What you'll be part of: Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do.
- Base Pay Range: $195,000 - $257,500 We are an equal opportunity employer.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
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