Arity - Data Scientist

Allstate Northern Ireland Limited; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Our Team as a Data Scientist! At Allstate, transform transportation with your analytical expertise. As a key member of our Insurance Analytics team, you'll innovate solutions using vast data sets, focusing on creating predictive models while enjoying a fully remote working environment.

Benefits

Fully remote work opportunity

Continuous learning and development

Culture of recognition and teamwork

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in data science and analytics.
• Excellent coding skills in Python or R.
• Insurance industry experience desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Creating and deploying analytical models.
• Exploring new data sources for predictors of driving risk.
• Collaborating with engineers and actuaries.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Data Analysis

Machine Learning

Mathematics

Education

Background in data science, analytics, statistics, mathematics, or actuarial science

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Spark

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Job description

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Founded by The Allstate Corporation in 2016, Arity is a data and analytics company focused on improving transportation. We collect and analyze enormous amounts of data, using predictive analytics to build solutions with a single goal in mind: to make transportation smarter, safer, and more useful for everyone. At the heart of that mission are the people that work here—the dreamers, doers and difference-makers that call this place home. As part of that team, your work will showcase both your intelligence and your creativity as you tackle real-world problems and put your talents towards transforming transportation. That’s because at Arity, we believe work and life shouldn’t be at odds with one another. After all, we know that your unique qualities give you a unique perspective. We don’t just want you to see yourself here. We want you to be yourself here. Arity is fully remote, so you can be here while being at home or else take your laptop around the country and work from a new place every week!

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Founded by The Allstate Corporation in 2016, Arity is a data and analytics company focused on improving transportation. We collect and analyze enormous amounts of data, using predictive analytics to build solutions with a single goal in mind: to make transportation smarter, safer, and more useful for everyone. At the heart of that mission are the people that work here—the dreamers, doers and difference-makers that call this place home. As part of that team, your work will showcase both your intelligence and your creativity as you tackle real-world problems and put your talents towards transforming transportation. That’s because at Arity, we believe work and life shouldn’t be at odds with one another. After all, we know that your unique qualities give you a unique perspective. We don’t just want you to see yourself here. We want you to be yourself here. Arity is fully remote, so you can be here while being at home or else take your laptop around the country and work from a new place every week!

At Arity, analytics is at the heart of what we do. We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our incredible Insurance Analytics team. Our team builds analytical products and solutions in the insurance space such as driving scores, mobility attributes, and claims outcome predictions. Our analytics community is made up of passionate and talented individuals and leaders with diverse backgrounds. We believe in a culture of recognition of good work, continuous learning, succeeding together, and having fun along the way.

The Data Scientist will join a team of data scientists and data engineers to help the team derive value from our most tremendous asset – data. The successful candidate will create models and find new signal from our wealth of telematics, insurance, and other third-party data sources. This person will ideate and follow through with analytical approaches that support our team products. To do so, they will fully utilize their data science skills, their coding expertise, and their unique point-of-view.

The day-to-day work of a Data Scientist include:

• Creating and deploying models and/or supporting existing models in market

• Exploring new data sources to create novel predictors of driving risk and other insurance metrics

• Working closely with data engineers and actuaries to refine product offering

• Establishing and following data science best practices including peer review, code review, documentation, coding standards, and ensuring reproducibility and compliance

• Expanding their data science skillset through development opportunities and learning innovative tools and techniques

We are looking for a team member that has the following traits:

• 2 or more years of experience applying data science and analytics techniques to solve business problems. More qualified candidates will be considered for a more senior position.

• Insurance industry experience is desired but not required.

• A background in data science, analytics, statistics, mathematics, actuarial science, or related fields.

• Experience creating statistical or machine learning models for business

• Thorough understanding of how to work efficiently with large, complex data

• Excellent coding skills in Python or R. SQL/Spark experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with distributed computing is a plus.

• Familiarity with working in a server environment.

• Experience working on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure) is a plus.

• Thrives working in a team environment

• Enjoys communicating and collaborating with others

• Detail-oriented, double checks data/work against expectations, and takes pride in good documentation

• An innate curiosity and ability to learn new techniques and technologies

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Skills

Analytical Thinking, Computer Science, Data Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is $78,600.00 - 142,275.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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