Data Scientist

Data Science is a driver of significant competitive advantage for Kemper and is critical to the organization’s success. As a member of the Kemper Auto Data Science team, this position is responsible for building and developing analytical solutions, especially in updating existing solutions.

Position Responsibilities:

• Independently designs and develops analytical solutions.
• Develops and automates processes that can be deployed throughout the organization to solve reoccurring analytics needs.
• Communicates project progress and challenges to the working team.
• Develops database, technical, and business knowledge.

Position Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or other STEM field with 2-4 years of experience working in a data science/analytics environment.
• PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or other STEM field with related industry experience preferred.
• Proficient in Python programming language (scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, etc.).
• Proficiency and experience with several modeling techniques such as generalized linear models, decision trees, ensemble learning, regularized models (ridge/lasso/nets), clustering, and neural networks.
• Some experience with natural language processing is preferred.
• Prior experience working with imbalanced datasets and AWS is a plus.
• Ability to work with various data formats. This includes relational databases (especially), delimited text files, data frames, and JSONs.
• Excellent overall communication skills, particularly possessing the ability to translate technical results for wide audiences.
• Sponsorship is not accepted for this opportunity.
• This position will be based out of our Alpharetta, GA office.