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Position: Data Scientist

Location: New Jersey (3 days onsite)

You have:

• PhD with 2+ years of experience, or master's degree with 4+ years of experience in Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field
• 3+ years of hands-on ML modeling/development experience
• Background in insurance and underwriting preferred
• Solid understanding of data analysis and statistical modeling
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree, bagging/boosting, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks
• Demonstrated track record in experimental design and execution
• Hands-on experience with data wrangling including fuzzy matching and regular expressions, distributed computing, and applying parallelism to ML solutions
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Solid background in algorithms and a range of ML models
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and other disciplines at both the leadership and hands-on level
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with superb attention to detail
• Proven experience in providing technical leadership and mentoring to data scientists
• Strong project management skills with ability to monitor/track performance for enterprise success
• Experience communicating complex ideas simply, presenting impact, trade-offs, and recommendations to non-technical partners
• Working knowledge of core software engineering concepts (version control with Git/GitHub, testing, logging, etc.)
• Working knowledge of NLP, LLMs, RAG architecture, and agent frameworks, including safe automation design and evaluation systems
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or related industries is a plus.