Data Scientist

About Us:
DailyPay is transforming the way people get paid. As a worktech company and the industry’s leading on demand pay solution, DailyPay uses an award-winning technology platform to help America’s top employers build stronger relationships with their employees. This voluntary employee benefit enables workers everywhere to feel more motivated to work harder and stay longer on the job while supporting their financial well-being outside of the workplace.
DailyPay is headquartered in New York City, with operations throughout the United States as well as in Belfast. For more information, visit DailyPay's Press Center.

The Role:

DailyPay is looking for a data professional to join our growing Data Team! In this role, you will utilize various types of data to draw insights and build strategic recommendations to drive business value for the company, while working collaboratively to empower internal teams including Sales, Marketing, Product and Customer Success. This position will also enable client success through supporting the development of customer-facing data products and analytics.

The mission of the Data Team is critical for continuous development and success of our product, understanding the needs of our customers and partners, and maintaining DailyPay’s leading role in the early wage access industry -- and you will be instrumental in helping to realize this vision for DailyPay.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Lead advanced analytics initiatives and take ownership of complex analytics projects, proactively identifying opportunities to deliver actionable insights that drive strategic business outcomes.

• Partner strategically with key stakeholders to understand their critical business challenges and identify opportunities for data-driven solutions.

• Present data-driven recommendations and strategic insights to stakeholders, influencing decision-making at different levels of the organization.

• Mentor and guide junior analysts on the team, fostering their technical and analytical development

What You Bring to The Team:

• 5+ years of practical experience writing and optimizing SQL queries for data extraction and analysis; expert-level SQL skills.

• 5+ years of experience in a data analyst role, applying analytical techniques to solve business problems.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive-level audiences.

• A strong intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated ability to independently explore data, formulate hypotheses, and derive actionable insights.

• Deep understanding of , machine learning, and data mining techniques.

• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand business objectives and translate them into meaningful analytics questions and solutions.

• Proficiency in programming languages like Python or R for data analysis and automation is highly valued.

• Familiarity with data visualization principles and tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.

What We Offer:

• Exceptional health, vision, and dental care

• Opportunity for equity ownership

• Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Resource Groups

• Fun company outings and events

• Unlimited PTO

• 401K with company match

DailyPay is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable culture of belonging, grounded in empathy and respect, which values openness to opinions, awareness of lived experiences, fair treatment and access for all. We strive to build and develop diverse teams to create an organization where innovation thrives, where the full potential of each person is engaged, and their views, beliefs and values are integrated into our ways of working.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to [email protected]. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

DailyPay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.