Senior Data Scientist

You will report to the Data Science Senior Manager. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning are powerful tools reshaping the landscape at American Family Insurance. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to drive transformative projects across all facets of our business, including Claims, Pricing & Underwriting, Reserving, Sales, Marketing, and the Contact Center. You will participate in critical projects, design and implement scalable AI/ML solutions that enhance customer experiences, refine operations, and drive profitable growth. Your responsibilities will include pioneering product and business model innovations, working with multi-modal datasets, and using cloud computing environments. You will have experience with successful AI/ML projects and experience with creative, scalable solutions.

In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from Madison, WI 53783 or Boston, MA 02110.

Position Compensation Range:

$111,000.00 - $190,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Sponsorship has not been approved for this role now or in the future. This also includes active OPT/EAD that will expire in the future. 

Primary Accountabilities

• You will create business application and modeling framework, for new datasets, and discover insights and relationships from large/complex datasets through investigative research using advanced mathematical and statistical techniques.
• You will explore data using a variety of advanced statistical techniques to identify relationships, create insights and answer business questions or guide future model development.
• You will build the hypothesis, identify research data attributes and determine best approach to address business issues.
• You will build complex predictive models to support our goals.
• You will build complex programs for running mathematical or statistical tests on data and for understanding complex relationships across attributes.
• You will research and maintain awareness of industry best practices and business strategies. You will use findings to provide industry and competitor insights as part of model development.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-focused solutions or support.
• Proficiency in programming languages suitable for database access, scripting, statistical analysis, and system development.
• Understanding of software development best practices including source control, coding standards and testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience formulating complex analytical problems using a quantitative, scientific approach.
• Demonstrated experience working with complex datasets using big data technologies and script.
• Demonstrated understanding managing data to scale using data summarization, query and analysis software and tools.
• Demonstrated experience applying advanced and new data science methods, including Generative AI.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud platforms, modern programming languages like Python and common AI/ML architectures.
• Demonstrated experience working with large, multi-modal datasets which may include text, audio, images, video, and documents.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Additional Information

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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