Binance Accelerator Program - Data Scientist (Recommendation/Square Community)
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.
About Binance Accelerator Program
Binance Accelerator Program is a concise fixed-term program designed for Early Career Talent to have an immersive experience in the rapidly expanding Web3 space. You will be given the opportunity to experience life at Binance and understand what goes on behind the scenes of the worlds’ leading blockchain ecosystem. Alongside your job, there will also be a focus on networking and development, which will expand your professional network and build transferable skills to propel you forward in your career. Learn about BAP Program HERE
Who may apply
Current university students and recent graduates
About the Role
We are looking for a Data Scientist early careers talent to join the Binance Square team and support the development of next-generation recommendation and community intelligence systems.
Binance Square is evolving from a content feed into an intelligent Web3 financial community, helping users discover market trends, trading ideas, hot topics, and high-quality creators. In this role, you will work closely with data scientists, algorithm engineers, product managers, and business teams to improve content distribution, user engagement, and community growth through data-driven recommendation strategies.
Responsibilities
Analyze user behavior, content quality, creator performance, and feed consumption patterns to identify opportunities for recommendation improvement.
Support the optimization of key recommendation scenarios, including Feed, Hot Tab, Topic, News, Trading Analysis, and creator distribution.
Build and refine data metrics for content quality, user interest profiling, creator quality, community health, and trading-related content.
Participate in recommendation strategy design, including recall, ranking, cold-start, diversity, personalization, and traffic allocation.
Conduct A/B testing, metric monitoring, bad-case analysis, and experiment deep dives to evaluate algorithm and product impact.
Explore the application of LLMs and multimodal models in content understanding, topic tagging, hot event detection, and personalized distribution.
Work with engineering teams to improve data pipelines, feature logging, experiment tracking, and recommendation system efficiency.
Support the optimization of key recommendation scenarios, including Feed, Hot Tab, Topic, News, Trading Analysis, and creator distribution.
Build and refine data metrics for content quality, user interest profiling, creator quality, community health, and trading-related content.
Participate in recommendation strategy design, including recall, ranking, cold-start, diversity, personalization, and traffic allocation.
Conduct A/B testing, metric monitoring, bad-case analysis, and experiment deep dives to evaluate algorithm and product impact.
Explore the application of LLMs and multimodal models in content understanding, topic tagging, hot event detection, and personalized distribution.
Work with engineering teams to improve data pipelines, feature logging, experiment tracking, and recommendation system efficiency.
Requirements
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
Strong analytical skills and solid understanding of statistics, machine learning, and data mining.
Proficient in SQL and at least one programming language such as Python.
Familiar with recommendation systems, ranking models, user profiling, A/B testing, or causal analysis.
Good business sense and ability to translate data insights into product or algorithm improvements.
Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with product, algorithm, engineering, and operations teams.
Interest in Web3, crypto, financial markets, online communities, or content recommendation is a plus.
Strong analytical skills and solid understanding of statistics, machine learning, and data mining.
Proficient in SQL and at least one programming language such as Python.
Familiar with recommendation systems, ranking models, user profiling, A/B testing, or causal analysis.
Good business sense and ability to translate data insights into product or algorithm improvements.
Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with product, algorithm, engineering, and operations teams.
Interest in Web3, crypto, financial markets, online communities, or content recommendation is a plus.
Data & ML pay context
Based on 1,383 disclosed Data & ML salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $165K/year, with most offers between $128K and $210K (10th–90th percentile: $109K–$250K).
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