Data Scientist

Zurich-Insurance-9; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Zurich Capability Center in Mexico City is seeking a Data Scientist to translate business problems into analytical solutions, build models, and deliver actionable insights. You will collaborate with Data Engineers, ML/AI Ops, and IT to deploy models in production and monitor performance.

The role requires strong Python skills, knowledge of ML techniques, and ability to communicate results to business stakeholders. English at least B2 and experience with Azure/Databricks is a plus.

Qualifications

• University education (Bachelor’s degree or higher).
• Strong Python knowledge with basic data science packages.
• Experience with Azure and Databricks is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Understand business problems and structure analytical approaches to solve them.
• Generate proof of concepts from data that help deliver improved business results.
• Prepare and pre-process datasets needed to deliver analytical solutions.
• Generate distinctive risk insights that deliver improved business results.
• Build and implement predictive models and other analytical solutions using bothstructured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, ML/AI Ops, and IT teams to deploy models intoproduction environments and monitor models performance.
• Support communication of findings, implications, and performance of the models tobusiness stakeholders.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Data-driven decisions

Machine learning

Deep learning

Fine-tuning LLMs

Embeddings

Prompt engineering

Vectorization

Communication skills

English proficiency

Azure

Databricks

SQL

Python

Statistics

Insurance domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Python

SQL

Azure

Databricks

Job description

Data Scientist

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Zurich Capability Center is looking for a:

Data Scientist

As a Data Scientist, your main tasks will involve:

• Understand business problems and structure analytical approaches to solve them.
• Generate proof of concepts from data that help deliver improved business results.
• Prepare and pre-process datasets needed to deliver analytical solutions.
• Generate distinctive risk insights that deliver improved business results.
• Build and implement predictive models and other analytical solutions using bothstructured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, ML/AI Ops, and IT teams to deploy models intoproduction environments and monitor models performance.
• Support communication of findings, implications, and performance of the models tobusiness stakeholders.

Your Skills and Experience

As a Data Scientist, your skills and experience will ideally include:

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills from the following:

• University education (Bachelor’s degree or higher).
• Working knowledge of Python and basic data science packages.
• Passion working with data and developing insights for use in business decisions.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical and predictive modeling techniques such as machinelearning models (GBM, Random Forest etc.), decision trees, probability networks,association rules, clustering, regression, GLMs, SVMs, HMMs, time series, survivalanalysis, neural networks and their application to business decisions.
• Use state-of-the-art deep learning approaches (e.g. CNN, transformer, RNN/LSTM/GRU,GCN/GNN) to extract value from massive amounts of unstructured data (text, images).
• Advanced knowledge of fine-tuning (e.g. PEFT, LoRA, RLHF) and customizing large language models (e.g. GPT, BERT, Flan-T5, Llama, Dolly, BART), embedding approaches (e.g. Word2Vec, t-SNE), prompt engineering, and vectorization.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially the ability to translate technical results for business audiences.
• English – B2 or better.
• 3 years ofExperience with Azure and Databricks is an advantage.
• 3 years of Experience with SQL and other programming languages is an advantage.
• Prior work experience in insurance is a plus

Who we are

Looking for a challenging and inspiring work environment where you can make a difference?

At Zurich millions of individuals and businesses place their trust in our products and services every day. Our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, enabling, businesses and communities to face a world of risk with confidence. Imagine if you could help people do this all over the world. You’d give them confidence and reassurance by protecting what they love most. It’s a big challenge, but you will be supported by a world-class team who believe in helping you to reach your full potential and deliver on our promises. So be challenged. Be inspired. Help us make a difference. At Zurich we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.