Data Scientist

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Farmers believes in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation, which thrives when we have the ability to work flexibly in a virtual setting as well as the opportunity to be together in person. Our hybrid work environment combines the best of both worlds with at least three (3) days in office and up to two (2) days virtual for employees who live within fifty (50) miles of a Farmers corporate office.

Applicants beyond fifty (50) miles may still be considered.

Farmers Group (Woodland Hills, CA) seeks a Data Scientist to apply analytics and modeling techniques, leveraging machine learning and data mining to improve business outcomes, support operational projects, and perform routine tasks with moderate guidance from senior team members. Specific duties include: execute on moderate business challenges involving data science, succeed in projects by scoping, defining measures of success, utilizing a data science vision for project success and accomplish successfully within prescribed timelines, and execute at the intermediate level projects with a sense of urgency (25%);

utilize conceptual knowledge of consumer analytics including retention models, agency economics, and lead optimization in their daily work, utilize moderate knowledge of advance programing, ETL and specialized modeling methods to execute projects, demonstrate clean reusable code and effective documentation, and encourage others to do the same (30%); partner closely with IT, business, and data management/engineering teams to understand, utilize, and improve data infrastructure, advise on fundamental concerns and serve as an objective and transparent partner to drive fact-based decision making and a measure of success culture (15%);

develop presentations and present to leadership, occasionally communicate complex technical material understandable to non-technical associates (10%); manage moderate model deployments via MLOps techniques, work with analytics and IT teams to deploy models/rules in various platforms and support testing of new solutions (10%); and mentor junior data science team members and provide coaching and knowledge around technical and non-technical skills (10%).

Option to work remotely with required travel to local offices as needed, if within 50 miles of remote worksite.

Position requires a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Statistics, Business Analytics, or a closely related field of study, plus 3 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Predictive Analyst, Senior Predictive Analyst, or similar position applying analytics and modeling techniques. Must have 3 years of experience with each of the following: communicating complex data insights to technical and non-technical audiences;

influencing internal and external stakeholders; applying data ethics and data privacy principles; working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while meeting production deadlines; processing large-scale structured and unstructured multidimensional data using open-source, cloud-enabled analytical programming languages; consulting on data extraction, manipulation, and design for statistical modeling and monitoring needs; performing data analysis…