Senior Associate Data Scientist

We are Farmers

We are... more than just your favorite commercials. At Farmers, we strive to deliver peace of mind to our customers by providing protection and comprehensive advice and delivering in the moments of truth. That means having people who can help us meet changing customer and business needs. Farmers high-performance culture is focused on results and the people who achieve them. We hold ourselves and others accountable for sustainably growing the business and each other. We seek solutions, own our actions, and grow through discomfort. We see setbacks as opportunities while continuously asking ourselves how we impact our customers.

Farmers is an award winning, equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce. We are dedicated to supporting the well-being of our people through our extensive suite of benefits, as well as the well-being of the communities we serve through employee volunteer programs and nonprofit partnerships. Helping others in their time of need isn't just our business - it's our culture To learn more about our high-performance culture and open opportunities, check out www.Farmers.com/careers/corporate and be sure to follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

Workplace: On-site ( #LI-Onsite ), Hybrid ( #LI-Hybrid ), Remote ( #LI-Remote )

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 Group (Woodland Hills, CA) seeks Senior Associate Data Scientist to be responsible for utilizing knowledge to apply not only predictive and prescriptive analytics, but also statistical and machine learning modeling techniques to contribute to projects and leverage customer information and behavioral data to influence data-driven strategic business decisions. Specific duties include: collaborate with IT to perform end-to-end quality assurance testing to ensure accurate deployment of models and solutions into production environments (5%); support the collection, organization, and preparation of both internal and external datasets, including structured and unstructured data, to build, rebuild, and refresh advanced Machine Learning models (5%); use AWS SageMaker and Lambda functions to schedule jobs, establish automated pipelines, and facilitate the training and deployment of machine learning models (10%); distill business problems from discussions, developing hypotheses, building an analytical framework, carrying out an analysis, and writing a clear recommendation to business stakeholders (10%); design, implement, and analyze A/B testing experiments and scenario modeling to evaluate the effectiveness of variants (15%); use GitHub to version control, share, and collaborate on code, ensuring efficient project management, seamless team collaboration, and maintaining technical documents in code documentation and deployment (20%); build and optimize advanced models using both structured and unstructured data, while designing generalized, efficient, and reusable model-building pipelines to streamline future projects (20%); partner closely with IT, business, and data management/engineering teams to plan and execute based on data infrastructure roadmap (10%); and mentor more junior members on the team and lead technical training programs to onboard new hires, ensuring alignment with team goals and accelerating their technical ramp-up (5%). Option to work remotely.

Position requires a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Statistics, Data Science, or a closely related field of study, plus 5 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Predictive Analyst II, Marketing Analyst II, Business Intelligence Developer, or similar position influencing data-driven strategic business decisions. In the alternative, will accept a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Statistics, Data Science, or a closely related field of study, plus 3 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Predictive Analyst II, Marketing Analyst II, Business Intelligence Developer, or similar position influencing data-driven strategic business decisions. Must have 3 years of experience working with each of the following: advanced data analysis and manipulation tools including SQL, Python, R, and Snowflake; AWS cloud computing services including Lambda, S3, SageMaker, and Athena; explanatory, diagnostic, and inferential techniques that include experimental design, hypothesis testing, clustering analysis, time-series (including ARMA and ARIMA) and other statistical modeling algorithms including Generalized Linear Regression, Gradient-Boosting, Decision Tree, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine; designing, measuring, and forecasting of key product performance metrics using self-serve business intelligence tools PowerBI and Tableau; and building, optimization, deployment, maintenance of customized advanced statistical and machine learning models in Python using structured and unstructured data and effective source code version-control in GitHub and use of Git commands for repository management. Option to work remotely.

Full time position. Apply by submitting your resumes at Farmers.com/Careers, Job ID: 31450.

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Benefits

• Farmers offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location.
  • Annual rate of pay: $158,808
• 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 - CA - WdlndHills-6303

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.

Farmers will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance or other applicable law. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1033, Farmers is prohibited from employing any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust without prior written consent from the state Department of Insurance.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Farmers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military and veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Want to learn more about our culture & opportunities? Check out www.Farmers.com/careers/corporate and be sure to follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

Spokane, WA only: Residents who prefer not to provide their address click here to submit your resume via email: careers@farmers.com

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