Data Scientist I: Build Impactful Models

COMFORT SYSTEMS; Baton Rouge (LA); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental

Short & Long-Term Disability

Paid time off

401(k) employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work environments

Job summary

Unum is seeking a developing data scientist to transform data into actionable insights and drive business impact. The role emphasizes programming, statistics, and data manipulation with growing business knowledge, working on projects within the functional area under managerial guidance.

The position focuses on delivering analytics, partnering to provide business value, and advancing technical expertise across data science capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field preferred.
• 2 years preferred of professional experience or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Deep expertise in at least one core data science capability with basic capability in others.
• Experience with APIs, file I/O, databases, and analysis libraries; scripting to automate processes.
• Experience in data visualization tools and static visualization.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute analytical solutions using statistical, optimization, simulation and data mining methods for actionable insights.
• Integrate large volumes of data from sources (DB2, SQL Server, Web API, Teradata).
• Apply validation, aggregation and reconciliation to create modeling-ready data.
• Construct predictive models using machine learning to forecast behavior or identify risk.
• Interpret results and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Support integration of solutions within existing business processes using automation.

Skills

Programming & Process automation

Data Visualization

Statistics & Statistical modeling

ETL / SQL

Leadership

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Tools

DB2

SQL Server

Teradata

Web API

Job description

Unum is seeking a developing data scientist to transform data into actionable insights and drive business impact. The role emphasizes programming, statistics, and data manipulation with growing business knowledge, working on projects within the functional area under managerial guidance.

The position focuses on delivering analytics, partnering to provide business value, and advancing technical expertise across data science capabilities.