Principal Data & AI Scientist — Lead ML at Scale

PEMCO; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Floating holidays

Education assistance

Job summary

PEMCO is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics and machine learning solutions across our insurance portfolio. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for an experienced data scientist who can translate ambiguous business problems into scalable, production‑ready models that drive measurable impact.

As a trusted advisor to leadership, you will mentor senior staff, shape PEMCO's data strategy, and influence analytics roadmaps

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in CS/AI/Data Science or related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise AI/ML design/deployment experience.
• 7+ years with cloud AI platforms (Azure ML, Databricks, Snowflake).
• Experience in insurance domain processes (auto/home) preferred.
• Proficiency in NLP and generative AI applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of advanced ML models across core insurance domains (pricing, underwriting, claims, CLV).
• Design end-to-end analytical solutions from framing to deployment and monitoring.
• Champion model validation, explainability, fairness, and governance.
• Collaborate with data engineering to productionize models at scale and ensure reproducibility.
• Mentor staff data scientists and promote rigorous scientific thinking.

Skills

Python

PySpark

SQL

NLP

MLOps

Azure Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Hugging Face transformers

Vector Databases

Azure OpenAI

Job description

PEMCO is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics and machine learning solutions across our insurance portfolio. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for an experienced data scientist who can translate ambiguous business problems into scalable, production‑ready models that drive measurable impact.

As a trusted advisor to leadership, you will mentor senior staff, shape PEMCO's data strategy, and influence analytics roadmaps