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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.
Job Summary
Farmers New World Life Insurance (Bellevue, WA) seeks a Senior Associate Decision Scientist to provide critical decision support across the enterprise by gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data to address business challenges. Specific duties include: applies basic to moderately advanced mathematical, statistical, and quantitative techniques to solve medium-scale business problems that significantly impact current and future business strategies (20%); builds descriptive or explanatory models or uses the output of models created by others (3.5%); leverages interactive data visualization tools and statistical techniques such as distribution analysis, correlation analysis, outlier detection, multivariate analysis, time series, machine learning, and others to uncover hidden insights (5%); conducts basic exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover opportunities including testing hypotheses and validating findings with business partners (3.5%); collects data from a variety of sources and integrates and transforms disparate datasets to create cohesive datasets for analysis (3.5%); supports data reliability by conducting quality checks, documenting data processes, and collaborating with more experienced analysts for peer review and data validation as needed (3.5%); participates in discussions with cross-functional business partners and teams to understand and collaborate on complex business objectives (3.5%); assists in influencing solution strategies and outcomes by leveraging a working knowledge of the business (3.5%); uses foundational experience in data analysis to provide insights that support decision-making (3.5%); coordinates with cross-functional technical teams including IT, data scientists, data engineers and others to ensure data integrity and optimize data pipelines (3.5%); identifies data quality issues and collaborates to resolve them (3.5%); assists deployment and monitoring of basic predictive models into workflows(3.5%); stays informed about emerging decision and data science methodologies, tools, and best practices (3%); applies knowledge and continuous learning to improve own performance and the quality of work produced (3.5%); actively seeks feedback from more experienced team members and engages in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute effectively to team objectives (3.5%); and bridges between data science analytics functions and operational RnD support ongoing development of customized software requiring work in object-oriented programming and specialized analytics functions involving applications of machine learning, spatial mapping, time-series, and associated scientific tasks (30%). Option to work remotely.
Position requires a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Analytics, Applied Data Science, or a closely related field of study, plus 2 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Data Analyst, Data Management Analyst, Business Analyst, Research Analyst, Data Scientist, or similar position. Must have 2 years of experience working with each of the following: applying data analysis, statistical, and mathematical modeling in the Life Insurance industry or P&C Insurance industry; software including AWS, Sagemaker, S3, Python, R, QGIS, and Google Earth Pro; machine learning methods including boosting, bagging, KNN, clustering, and GAM; statistical techniques including linear models, generalized linear models, linear mixed models, time-series methods, statistical clustering, and non-parametric alternatives. Option to work remotely.
Full time position. Apply by submitting your resumes at Farmers.com/Careers, Job ID: 35337.
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Benefits

• Farmers offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location.
  Annual rate of pay: $131,244
• Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance)
• 401(k)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Assistance
• For more information, review "What we offer" on https://www.farmers.com/careers/corporate/#offer

Job Location(s): US - WA - Bellevue
Anticipated application deadline: At Farmers, the recruitment process is designed to ensure that we find the best talent to join our team. As part of this process, we typically close open positions within 8 to 21 days after posting. If you are interested in any of our open positions, we encourage you to submit your application promptly.
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