Data Scientist II

Coalition, Inc.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Data Scientist, where your analytical skills will directly impact the underwriting process. In this role, you will analyze diverse datasets to derive insights that enhance risk selection and pricing strategies. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will contribute to the development of automated underwriting systems and help shape the future of insurance. With a commitment to inclusivity and a remote-first culture, this innovative firm values your contributions and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth. If you're ready to make a difference in the insurance industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

100% medical coverage

Life insurance

25+ paid holidays

Annual home office stipend

7% employer pension contribution

Mental health wellness programs

Physical health wellness programs

Competitive compensation

Opportunity for advancement

Qualifications

• 3-6+ years in underwriting or quantitative analysis in insurance.
• Advanced SQL and expertise in Python or R for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze datasets to extract insights for underwriting efficiency.
• Collaborate with teams to implement data-driven improvements.

Skills

Statistical Analysis

Data Manipulation

Python

SQL

Data Visualization

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Snowflake

AWS Athena

Job description

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Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.

Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.

About the role

As a Data Scientist at Coalition you will be responsible for measuring, understanding, and helping optimize Coalition’s underwriting. You will perform statistical analysis to provide data-driven insights. You will help us understand and improve our cyber risk selection and reduction, pricing and automation in order to grow our revenue in a safe and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Analyze diverse datasets including claims data, cybersecurity risk signals, and underwriting databases to extract meaningful patterns and insights
• Large scale data analysis with the objective of producing valuable risk signals to be used for underwriting or risk evaluation of organizations
• Create comprehensive reports on underwriting efficiency metrics and risk selection quality to inform strategic decisions
• Apply statistical techniques to evaluate and improve our cyber risk assessment methodology
• Provide analytical support for underwriting strategies to balance growth with risk management
• Deliver analysis that will directly inform the development of automated underwriting systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally with actuarial, product, and engineering teams to implement data-driven improvements
• Work alongside senior data scientists, software engineers, and cyber security engineers to improve underwriting at Coalition
• Intellectual curiosity and proactive approach to identifying improvement opportunities
• Ability to work effectively with guidance from senior data science team members

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, or related discipline)
• 3-6+ years of experience in underwriting, quantitative analysis, or risk modeling in the insurance industry
• Knowledge of underwriting, pricing, reserving, or risk management processes in insurance
• Advanced SQL skills for querying complex databases and joining disparate data sources
• Expertise in data manipulation and analysis using Python, R, or similar analytical tools
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker)
• Experience with dashboard creation for operational metrics tracking
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Capable of working with remote teams

Nice-to-have Skills

• Actuarial qualification
• Experience in cyber insurance or cyber security.
• Prior experience or willingness to learn how to work with large datasets and big data technologies (Snowflake, AWS Athena)

Perks

• 100% medical coverage, including out-patient care
• Life insurance
• 25+ paid holidays
• Annual home office stipend
• 7% employer pension contribution
• Mental and physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Wellhub
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

Why Coalition?

Work at Coalition is centered on the joint mission to Protect the Unprotected. We have built a remote-first, highly inclusive culture that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds. We trust each other to take responsibility, share ownership of outcomes, and put in the work together to protect businesses from digital risk. Coalition’s exceptional growth stems from its ability to address real-world problems for organizations of all sizes while remaining true to our founding values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity, and inclusion.

We’re always looking for collaborative, inquisitive individuals to join #OurCoalition.