Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gradient AI is the decision-intelligence partner for the insurance industry, providing customers with insights to enhance decision-making and performance. The Senior Data Scientist role involves advancing AI models and collaborating with various teams to deliver impactful data solutions.
Responsibilities
- Leverage the best of modern deep learning & large language models with traditional data science techniques to create powerful hybrid models with real uplift
- Brainstorm, prototype, prove, deploy, and realize the value of your work in market quickly
- Everything you would expect on a world-class data science team solving world-class problems. Big data. Federated learning. Unstructured data challenges. Timeseries and sequence modelling. A self-serve buffet of techniques from GLMs to XGBoost to Transformers
- Tell stories with your data. Inspire trust in customers, stakeholders, and prospects by turning murky math into a powerful message that drives the bottom line
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Biostatistics, Mathematics, or similar related field AND 3-5 years of professional data science experience building predictive models
- OR Master's or Ph.D in Computer Science, Data Science, Biostatistics, Mathematics, or similar related field AND 1-2 years of professional data science experience building predictive models
- Hands-on comprehensive experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and an understanding of modern AI architectures (e.g., Transformers, Neural Networks, LLMs)
- Advanced proficiency in Python and its core data science ecosystem (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, LightGBM, etc.)
- Strong technical communication and collaboration skills within agile squads and DS leadership
- Familiarity with SQL, Relational databases, and cloud environments like AWS/Azure/Google/Databricks
- MLOps and hands-on experience taking models from notebook to production — Experiment tracking, packaging, containerization (Docker), model serving and APIs, CI/CD, and pipeline orchestration
- Fluency with actuarial methods and working with actuaries is a plus
- Familiarity with healthcare and medical data
- Familiarity with underwriting and claims, or predicting long-tailed and/or rare events
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation days.
- Flexible schedule that supports working from home.
- Full benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid paternal leave, and more.
- A fun, team-oriented startup culture.
- Generous stock options - we all get to own a piece of what we’re building.
- Ample opportunities to learn and take on new responsibilities.
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