Data Scientist

Data Department

SandyfordDublin 18Ravenscourt Office Park 2021-06-17 07:57:23 Full-time

Chill Insurance is currently on the lookout for a Data Scientist to join our Team. We're after individuals who are talented, motivated, and ambitious, who has a very strong skills in data analysis and reporting, someone who is confident and can think outside the box. This is a technical specialist role reporting into the Senior Data Scientist, and the candidate will have a strong background in Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics. The role is responsible for delivery of the day-to-day elements of the Chill Data Science services including change requests, ad-hoc requests and business-as-usual (BAU) activities.

The core portion of this role will be spent on managing and enhancing existing predictive analytics solutions and developing and building new solutions through Python/R. The candidate will also assist in developing data driven, insightful analysis to answer key stakeholder questions, with a focus on cause and effect relationships, addressing business challenges, identifying opportunities and providing actionable recommendations.

This role will also require the candidate to engage with the business and/or external customers to clarify business requirements and design appropriate analytics solutions.

About the Company

Chill Insurance is an online insurance intermediary regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. We are members of the Brokers Ireland and carry Professional Indemnity Insurance. We've been in business since 2007 (formerly insureme.ie) and re-branded as Chill Insurance in May 2008. We pride ourselves on our three main pillars; Search, Talk and Claims.

Chill Insurance is an online insurance intermediary regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. We are members of the Brokers Ireland and carry Professional Indemnity Insurance. We've been in business since 2007 (formerly insureme.ie) and re-branded as Chill Insurance in May 2008. We pride ourselves on our three main pillars; Search, Talk and Claims.

Chill Insurance is Ireland's fastest growing insurance broker and to ensure we continue our upward trajectory we're looking for superb people to come and join our rapidly expanding team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with the business and external customers to interpret and understand business requirements for potential data science & analytics solutions and secure appropriate business support and approvals;
  • Develop and deploy predictive models across a variety of problem domains;
  • Manage models after deployment to ensure their correct function and maintain/update/replace them as appropriate;
  • Design and build new data objects within the Chill Data Warehouse layer and Tableau reporting layer as required to support model development and also non-model change requests where these are assigned to the Data Science team;
  • Manage and support ad-hoc analytics / data requests from the business, and using a data-led approach to identify opportunities for performance improvement and provide actionable recommendations;
  • System test all development objects in line with specifications and manage deployment release of analytics solutions to production environments, and maintain technical documents as required on all analytics reporting solutions;
  • Ensure consistency in the development approach, documentation and apply the Chill Data development standards and quality level to all areas of activity;
  • Ensure Data Governance and policies are being adhered to in delivering high quality reporting & analytics solutions and services;
  • Liaise with IT on related projects or change items and manage 3rd party reporting software/toolsets where required.

Qualifications & Experience

  • University degree in Computer Science or related field (e.g. mathematical science). Ideally hold a post graduate qualification.
  • General knowledge of a range of machine learning techniques, ideally including Generalised Linear Models (GLMs), Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) and Random Forests (RFs);
  • Experience with more advanced techniques (e.g. text mining, neural networks) would be advantageous;
  • At least 2 years of proven experience applying these techniques to address business problems;
  • Strong knowledge of applied statistics skills, such as statistical testing, propensity matching, statistical modelling, classification, etc.;
  • Solid exposure to machine learning and open source tools in terms of both model development & implementation;
  • Proficiency in Python/R and SQL;
  • Experience in delivering data science solutions on production environments with a robust route-to-live process;
  • Experience with Tableau or similar data visualisation & reporting tools;
  • Familiarity with Google Analytics would be an advantage but not essential;
  • Knowledge of the insurance industry would be an advantage but not essential

What can you expect from Chill?

  • Competitive Salary
  • Pension & Healthcare
  • Mobile Phone Plan
  • A very convenient and well connected location in Sandyford Industrial Estate A fun and modern office space with excellent facilities.
  • Sociable hours of work, we are open between 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
  • Great staff sports & social events.

If you would like to join our team, or would like to find out more about the role, please send an email to careers@chill.ie. Before applying, please take a look at our job applicant privacy policy.

Data Scientist