Payments & Risk Data Scientist at Whop (Brooklyn, NY)

Whop· Brooklyn, NY·4d ago

Job description

Hiring a Payments & Risk Data Scientist

Culture: Fast-growing fintech startup with a mission-driven focus on “the future of work” and sustainable income for users.
Remote/Hybrid/Office: Based in Brooklyn, NY (300 Kent Avenue) with an office presence; remote roles may be available depending on team (check current openings on Greenhouse).
Engineering culture: Emphasis on APIs, embeddable components, and building scalable infrastructure for a global marketplace.
Growth opportunity: Joining a company that is rapidly expanding (176 employees and growing) with unicorn status and significant funding runway.

One-liner: Whop is a financial technology platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and transact digital products and services, aiming to create the world’s largest internet marketplace.
Entity Type: Private (Venture Capital-Backed; latest deal: Later Stage VC of $200M in February 2026)
Headquarters: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Founded: 2021
Founders: Not publicly disclosed

Primary industry: Financial Technology / Digital Commerce / Marketplace (classified as Media and Information Services (B2B) and Business/Productivity Software by PitchBook)
Target customers: B2B and B2C – individuals and businesses selling digital goods (software, subscriptions, bots, digital content)
Mission or purpose: “Provide the world with sustainable income” and “create the world’s largest internet market, where people can create, connect, and transact all from a single platform” newsroom.whop.com

Whop Marketplace: A platform where users can buy, sell, trade, and rent digital software products (e.g., bots, tools, subscriptions) from peers worldwide.
Whop Checkout API: Embeddable components that allow developers to integrate payment processing and plan management directly into their own websites or apps whop.com.

Valuation: Not publicly disclosed, but listed in CB Insights’ “Unicorns – Billion Dollar Startups” collection, suggesting a $1B+ valuation cbinsights.com.
Key Metric – Total Funding: Conflicting reports – $218M (CB Insights) or $280M (PitchBook). The most recent round was a $200M Later Stage VC in February 2026 pitchbook.com. Total raised to date (including earlier rounds) is at least $200M.
Notable Investors: Tether Investments (lead), Iman Gadzhi, Justin Mateen, Josh Richards, Peter Thiel, Bain Capital Ventures, Common Metal, A* (A-Star), and 19+ others cbinsights.com pitchbook.com.
Growth Signals:
- ~$4 billion annualized platform earnings across 145 countries newsroom.whop.com.
- 176 employees as of latest data pitchbook.com.
- Acquired Hyper (Financial Software) in a merger/acquisition deal pitchbook.com.

Network effects: Large, active community of sellers and buyers earning ~$4B annually, creating a strong marketplace flywheel.
All-in-one platform: Combines storefront, payments, and delivery for digital products – reducing friction for creators.
Developer-first approach: APIs and embeddable checkout components allow easy integration into external sites, expanding reach beyond whop.com.
Backing from prominent investors – Peter Thiel, Tether, Bain Capital Ventures – lending credibility and capital.

Expanding the marketplace – enabling more digital product categories and geographies (already in 145 countries).
Building payment and monetization infrastructure for the creator economy and software entrepreneurs.
Acquiring complementary assets (e.g., Hyper) to broaden product capabilities.
Scaling headcount and engineering to support rapid platform growth (careers page active on Greenhouse).

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