Web3 Bitcoin Machine Learning Jobs

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you're the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future. 

We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

We understand that joining a team is one of the most important decisions you make , and adding a team member is one of the most important decisions we’ll make. Through our process, we want you to get to know us and understand how you approach problems, learn, and what motivates you.

Senior Data Scientist, Product

We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join our product and design team at Shakepay.This role is perfect for someone who loves diving deep into product analytics and can transform complex data into actionable strategies quickly. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our products, leveraging your analytical skills to influence product development and drive informed decision-making across the organization.

What you’ll be doing

• Work closely with the product managers to create insights and recommendations that inform roadmaps and product strategy
• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to design experiments and validate hypotheses quickly, measure the impact of changes effectively
• Partner with senior leadership to define top-level product KPIs, set success and guardrail metrics that reinforce a culture of accountability
• Develop and deploy machine learning models and apply causal inference techniques to uncover deep product insights, enabling data-driven decisions that improve user experience and product
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) across different stages of the user journey to drive retention and user acquisition and activation strategies
• Contribute to the prioritization of product features and roadmaps based on ROI and long term goals
• Collaborate with other members of the data team to improve internal data process
• Conduct ad hoc investigations and make evidence-based recommendations
• Drive the adoption of our product analytics tool and lead initiatives to embed data-driven decision-making across the organization, promoting a culture of experimentation

Who we’re looking for

• 5+ years of experience working as a Product focused Data Scientist or similar roles
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for querying and manipulating data
• A demonstrated ability to manage and deliver on multiple projects with cross-functional teams and a high attention to detail
• Experience conducting deep-dive statistical analysis (modeling, causality, regression, etc)
• Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
• Strong product sense and good understanding of experimentation and A/B testing concepts
• Solid understanding of dashboarding and data visualization tools (we use Preset and Metabase)

Bonus points

• Startup experience. Bonus points for B2C fintech experience.
• Experience with experimentation and product analytics platforms like Statsig (which is what we use), Amplitude, Posthog, or others 
• Experience working with dbt, cloud data warehouses (we use Snowflake),
• Bonus points if you are existing Shakepay customer and/or  familiar with the product
• Interest and enthusiasm for the possibilities enabled by Bitcoin and non-sovereign money

Why join us?

• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that's revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.

Perks and benefits

• 🤝 Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation 
• 🥅 Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments 
• 🦷 Health & wellness :  Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts. 
• 🌎 Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• 🆙 Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• 🌴 Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• 🐣 Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• 🙌 Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other  

Equal Employment OpportunityShakepay does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application or email

Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.