Senior Data Scientist - Krakow

Data Scientist (Senior)

• Kraków (Cracow), Poland
• Yearly Base Salary: up to 200,000 z (Euros 44,100)
• Full-time, permanent
• Department: Data Science

An international company helping General Insurance clients to manage their risk is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join their Data Analytics team in Poland office (Cracow). You will be supporting the development of insurance risk models and will play a key role in the evolution of a model from inception to production. Main Responsibilities

• Support Insurance unit to build analytics products for underwriting and pricing
• Under minimal supervision, execute data analysis and exploratory analysis (project design, processing of and cleaning of data, merging/joining disparate data sources, feature engineering, performing analyses and communicating results).
• Utilise statistical techniques and best practices to efficiently create model-ready datasets
• Produce predictive models using a variety of algorithms (GLM, GBM, Random Forest, Neural Networks etc.) and assess the relative strength of each model
• Document processes, code, implement version control, and create functions/template code
• Create reports and verbally present analysis ideas, progress and results to colleagues.
• Support a high-performance collaborative culture. Participate in peer-review with colleagues on an ongoing basis to learn, teach, and ultimately, produce high quality results.
• Develop understand of insurance dataset structure and insurance business
• Remain current on big data techniques and become familiar with state of the art tools
• Contribute to the creation of detailed project plans to ensure projects are completed on time.

Requirements

• Relevant University degree
• Proven experience (3+) in analytics related role
• Solid programming experience with Python and SQL
• Experience building predictive models
• Excellent understanding and experience with data manipulation, data validation, report generation, and visualisation capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work independently with proficiency
• Eligible to work in the European Union as the role is based in Krakow, Poland.