IT Data Scientist III

IT Data Scientist III

Medical Mutual employees must submit their applications through MySource.

Note:

This is a hybrid role based in Brooklyn, OH, requiring three days per week on-site.

Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual is the oldest and one of the largest health insurance companies based in Ohio. We provide peace of mind to more than 1.2 million members through our high-quality health, life, disability, dental, vision and indemnity plans. We offer fully insured and self-funded group coverage, including stop loss, as well as Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and individual plans.

Senior data science developer specialized in design and development of machine learning models. Senior data scientists are expected to be self-sufficient and able to assist in coaching junior data scientists. Core job duties are extracting data and preparing data for machine learning models and designing, optimizing, measuring and testing machine learning models. Additional responsibilities include planning and development for integration of machine learning models into production systems, and ad-hoc exploratory analytics to understand and describe data-driven trends.

• Feature selection/design and extracting and preparing data for machine learning models
• Developing, optimizing and testing machine learning models
• Measuring and understanding performance of machine learning models and proposing/experimenting with methods to improve models
• Designing and executing production system integration for machine learning models
• Working with business for feature selection and design, presenting and reviewing model performance, explaining model performance metrics in terms of business impact
• Ad-hoc analytics and data science work to explore data and understand and describe data trends
• Learns new technical concepts and software languages as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Masters/PhD degree in Computer Science, mathematics, machine learning/AI or equivalent combination of a bachelor's degree and work experience
• 4+ year experience with machine learning techniques (feature encoding techniques, embeddings, various kinds of models, hyperparameter optimization, regularization techniques, loss and performance metrics) in a team environment
• 4+ years of experience with SQL programming language
• 2+ years of experience with python programming language

Technical Skills and Knowledge:

• Advanced programming design patterns and coding techniques required
• Skilled with all parts of the systems development life cycle required
• Relational database technologies and query semantics required
• Python programming language required
• Machine learning system integration required
• ML in Python/Jupyter notebooks environment
• AWS Sage Maker
• Python ML libraries, strategies, and techniques
• R programming language
• Data analytic and visualization experience using R or Python
• ETL technology and techniques

Medical Mutual is looking to grow our team! We truly value and respect the talents and abilities of all of our employees. That's why we offer an exceptional package that includes:

A Great Place to Work:

• We will provide the equipment you need for this role, including a laptop, monitors, keyboard, mouse and headset.
• Employees have access to on-site fitness centers at many locations, or a gym membership reimbursement when there is no Medical Mutual facility available. Enjoy the use of weights, cardio machines, locker rooms, classes and more.
• On-site cafeteria, serving hot breakfast and lunch, at the Brooklyn, OH headquarters.
• Discounts at many places in and around town, just for being a Medical Mutual team member.
• The opportunity to earn cash rewards for shopping with our customers.
• Business casual attire, including jeans.

Excellent Benefits and Compensation:

• Employee bonus program.
• 401(k) with company match up to 4% and an additional company contribution.
• Health Savings Account with a company matching contribution.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance — insurance is what we do best, and we make affordable coverage for our team a priority.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program, which includes…