Senior Data Scientist - Databricks (Hybrid)

State Farm; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual raise & bonus

Health insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

State Farm in Dunwoody, GA is hiring a senior data scientist to lead modeling and decision science powering personalized engagement across acquisition, service, and retention journeys.

You will develop propensity, churn, lifetime value models and work with Databricks and activation platforms, balancing privacy and governance.

Strong Python/SQL skills and 8+ years in analytics required; hybrid schedule and competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, economics, engineering, mathematics, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years experience applying statistical modeling, machine learning, experimentation, or decision science to complex business problems.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience working in modern cloud data and ML environments such as Databricks or comparable platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business questions into analytical approaches, production-ready models, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations to technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop propensity, churn, lifetime value, next-best-action, recommendation, prioritization, and other decision models that support precision engagement.
• Combine behavioral, transactional, marketing, digital, and contextual signals into scalable features and decisioning approaches.
• Partner with experimentation teams to validate model-driven interventions and distinguish predictive accuracy from incremental business impact.
• Design measurement approaches for model lift, calibration, treatment effectiveness, fairness, stability, and downstream customer outcomes.
• Work with engineering and product partners to productionize models and decision services in Databricks and connected activation platforms.
• Guide identity, feature, and data requirements while accounting for privacy, consent, governance, and channel constraints.
• Mentor technical talent and establish reusable standards for precision engagement modeling and decision science.

Skills

Machine learning

Experimentation

Decision science

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science or related quantitative field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Python

Job description

State Farm in Dunwoody, GA is hiring a senior data scientist to lead modeling and decision science powering personalized engagement across acquisition, service, and retention journeys.

You will develop propensity, churn, lifetime value models and work with Databricks and activation platforms, balancing privacy and governance.

Strong Python/SQL skills and 8+ years in analytics required; hybrid schedule and competitive pay.