Senior Data Scientist, Financial Ops for Insurance

Ascend; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascend is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to own measurement across surfaces that move customers' money. You will define metric thresholds, align three teams, and ensure accountability for thresholds after go-live. This role funds a standalone data scientist position to focus on measurement in a fast-growing insurance fintech.

Expect to own accuracy, success, and exception metrics, build models that change workflows, and monitor forecasts vs. reality with drift and re-fit planning.

Qualifications

• Experience turning live product data into measurable metrics.
• Ability to own and calibrate metrics across multiple teams.
• Comfortable working in an early-stage startup and explaining model decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own accuracy, success, and exception metrics across products.
• Set thresholds for automated actions versus human review.
• Monitor production scores with drift checks and re-fit plans.

Skills

SQL

Feature engineering

Data measurement

Communication

Payments experience

Tools

Slack

Notion

Excel

Front

Linear

Job description

Ascend is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to own measurement across surfaces that move customers' money. You will define metric thresholds, align three teams, and ensure accountability for thresholds after go-live. This role funds a standalone data scientist position to focus on measurement in a fast-growing insurance fintech.

Expect to own accuracy, success, and exception metrics, build models that change workflows, and monitor forecasts vs. reality with drift and re-fit planning.