Senior Data Scientist - Actuarial Analytics & Production ML

DOWC; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

PTO and Sick Time

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k matching

On-site cafeteria and events

Job summary

Dealer Owned Warranty Company LLC in Parsippany, NJ is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Actuarial) to design, build, deploy and maintain advanced analytics across underwriting, claims, finance, and dealer services. This role emphasizes practical data science and production-ready solutions rather than academic research.

You will lead end-to-end data science initiatives, translate business problems into scalable models, and collaborate with data engineers to integrate into production pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Engineering or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Actuarial credentials or passed actuary exams.
• 10+ years of experience in data science, applied ML, or advanced analytics with business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data science initiatives from problem definition to deployment and monitoring.
• Partner with Finance, Claims, Underwriting, Operations and Dealer teams to translate objectives into analytics and decision frameworks.
• Build and deploy production-grade models including risk scoring, forecasting, segmentation, and anomaly detection.
• Develop models to improve results while balancing accuracy, interpretability, and usability.
• Create forecasting and planning models for leadership decision-making.
• Analyze dealer performance for profitability analysis and strategy.

Skills

Python

SQL

Production deployment

Statistics

Data pipelines

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's in Data Science/Actuarial/Statistics/Math/Engineering

Actuarial credentials or exams

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Dealer Owned Warranty Company LLC in Parsippany, NJ is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Actuarial) to design, build, deploy and maintain advanced analytics across underwriting, claims, finance, and dealer services. This role emphasizes practical data science and production-ready solutions rather than academic research.

You will lead end-to-end data science initiatives, translate business problems into scalable models, and collaborate with data engineers to integrate into production pipelines.