Ripple Internship – Applied Scientist In New York

Overview

Position Title: Applied Scientist

Company: Ripple

Location: New York, NY, US

Job Description:

Ripple is working to build new product experiences around crypto liquidity. We believe connecting traditional financial entities like banks, payment providers and corporations with emerging blockchain technologies and users is the path to an open, decentralized, and more inclusive financial future. This Internet of Value gives any internet-enabled person, application or device access to financial services that are transparent, fast, reliable, and cheap. Delivering this vision is a challenge of massive scale spanning $155 trillion in annual cross border fiat payments and the $1.5 trillion market of digital assets that has grown 10X in the last year.

Responsibilities:

• 401k (with match), commuter benefits
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and  chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
• Flexible vacation policy – work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!
• Flexible vacation policy – work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• Employee giving match
• Weekly company meeting – ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
• Employee giving match
• Weekly company meeting – ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team

Requirements:

• Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence
• Degree in statistics, physics, computer science or other quantitative field, masters or PhD preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A collaborative coder, comfortable with Git and code reviews
• 2+ years industry or equivalent experience programming with Python and/or Java
• Experience with machine learning methods like statistical modeling, time series analysis or experimentation, bonus if in finance or trading domains