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Salary up to $162,500 a year job type full-time
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R21985 data scientist: personal auto telematics (remote) (open)
Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location.
Compensation minimum:$101,500
Compensation maximum:$162,500
Summary:
Develops, analyzes and models operational, economic, management, accounting and other organizational data to quantify the competitive performance of business segments, evaluate potential operational changes, and design new approaches and methodologiesAnalyzes organizational data to recommend solutions to new and complex problems, develops innovative strategies, quantifies the competitive performance of the organization`s operations and/or markets; models and evaluates the potential impact of changesApplies and integrates statistical, mathematical, predictive modeling and business analysis skills to manage and manipulate complex high volume data from a variety of sources.
Job description:
American family insurance auto center of excellence (coe) predictive analytics team is looking for an experienced data scientist to help build out our next generation of insurance product using telematics dataPowered by data and algorithms, we hope to build a platform that captures people`s driving behavior when behind the wheel and provide positive user experience.
You must carry creative mindset and stay highly innovative by developing useful features from telematics `big data`, including but not limited to hard braking, rapid acceleration, distraction, night- time driving, and so onYou will collaborate closely with both business teams (product, state management) and the data engineering teams to build modeling pipeline, iteratively enhance model performance, and share out results to stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Perform data mining towards telematics data collected from gps, accelerometers, and other sensors to understand what’s available and what are the best data use cases
Propose appropriate model structure and come up with creative ways of deriving driving behavior metrics along with contextual and other supplemental data to predict insurance losses
Write clean and production ready code that can be easily maintained and leveraged by engineering and it teams
Build and test models and investigate areas for future improvement with minimal guidance
Participate in team`s agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, demo)
Present model findings to audience with different levels of technical background
Translate business needs into viable analytical solutions
Collaborate with it to bring models into production
Keep abreast of latest relevant technologies and propose new ones to the team
Travel requirements
This position requires travel up to 10% of the time.
Specialized knowledge and skills requirements
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
Superb knowledge with python or r development in gcp or aws environment
Strong familiarity of github, docker, re-usable model functions
Solid understanding of data science methods (both statistical and machine learning models)
Self-motivated, eager to learn, problem-solver and can carry different hats when collaborating with a wide range of business functions (it, actuarial, product, etc.)
Education in statistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, actuarial science, electrical engineering, and other quantitative disciplines
Phd or master’s with at least 2 years of experience or bachelors with at least 4 years of experience
Prior experience in at least one area:
Insurance product / pricing
Geospatial analysis
Telematics
We understand that candidates who meet all the requirements above do not always existIf you meet some of them, please do apply.
Education and licenses
Phd or master’s with at least 2 years of experience or bachelors with at least 4 years of experience
Additional job information:
Depending on qualifications, candidates may be considered at different levels.
Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
We are open to hiring candidates to work remotely (anywhere in the usa).
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When you work at american family you can expect benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeingYou will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your healthWe also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, and a paid-time off programIn addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their familiesInterns and contingent workers are not eligible for american family enterprise benefits.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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