Data scientist

Data Scientist

Zurich Capability Center is looking for a Data Scientist.

• Understand business problems and structure analytical approaches to solve them.
• Generate proof of concepts from data that help deliver improved business results.
• Prepare and pre‑process datasets needed to deliver analytical solutions.
• Generate distinctive risk insights that deliver improved business results.
• Build and implement predictive models and other analytical solutions using both structured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, ML/AI Ops, and IT teams to deploy models into production environments and monitor model performance.
• Support communication of findings, implications, and performance of the models to business stakeholders.

• University education (Bachelor’s degree or higher).
• Ideal for fresh graduates or students finishing their degree.
• Working knowledge of Python and basic data science packages.
• Passion working with data and developing insights for use in business decisions.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills, including advanced knowledge of statistical and predictive modeling techniques such as machine learning models (GBM, Random Forest, etc.), decision trees, probability networks, association rules, clustering, regression, GLMs, SVMs, HMMs, time series, survival analysis, neural networks and their application to business decisions.
• Experience using state‑of‑the‑art deep learning approaches (e.g., CNN, transformer, RNN/LSTM/GRU, GCN/GNN) to extract value from massive amounts of unstructured data (text, images).
• Advanced knowledge of fine‑tuning (e.g., PEFT, LoRA, RLHF) and customizing large language models (e.g., GPT, BERT, Flan‑T5, Llama, Dolly, BART), embedding approaches (e.g., Word2
  
  Vec, t‑SNE), prompt engineering, and vectorization.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially the ability to translate technical results for business audiences.
• Experience with Azure and Databricks is an advantage.
• Experience with SQL and other programming languages is an advantage.
• Prior work experience in insurance is a plus.

At Zurich we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.