Senior Data Scientist
Core
Own the underwriting model to estimate individual member risk and price group policies accurately for a health insurance startup.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (underwriting)
Builds
Production underwriting models and pricing systems for health insurance
Domain
Health insurance / Actuarial science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, SQL, Spark, predictive modeling, feature engineering, model validation, healthcare data experience, end-to-end problem ownership
Preferred skills
Claims data familiarity, Series C startup experience, underwriting/actuarial background, ML engineering
Technologies
Python, SQL, Spark
Responsibilities
Evaluate existing underwriting model and identify gaps in risk estimates; Develop evaluation frameworks to stress test model outcomes; Build features capturing full member risk while accounting for dataset bias; Experiment with ML architectures balancing efficacy and generalizability; Prove model lift using backtesting harnesses before deployment.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC