American Equity · 14 hours ago
Data Scientist II
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAmerican Equity Investment Life Insurance Company offers leading annuity products and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Data Scientist II role involves applying advanced analytics and machine learning to develop data-driven solutions that support corporate initiatives while collaborating with business partners.
ConsultingFinanceInsurance
Responsibilities
Works within a Center of Excellence (COE) model for supporting business enablement by leveraging company data to drive decisions
Provides subject matter expertise in advanced analytics across variety of techniques, including data aggregation, statistical modeling, predictive modeling and machine learning
Leads, executes and analyzes complex data related analytical projects that drive business decisions and efficiencies
Creates repeatable, interpretable, dynamic and scalable models that are seamlessly incorporated into analytic data products
Collaborates with business partners to develop novel ways to meet objectives utilizing data, cutting edge techniques, and tools
Effectively communicates the analytics approach and how it will meet and address objectives to business partners
Identifies and develop long-term processes, frameworks, tools, methods and standards
Shares passion for data science with the broader enterprise community
Uplifts the capabilities of the Data Science team through collaboration and coaching
Ensures adherence to data management and data governance policies and standards
Works with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams and utilizes passion for providing data-driven insights to improve business outcomes
Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, data science OR Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline and demonstrated Data Science skill set; plus, three (3) years of progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
Strong experience with writing advanced SQL queries, feature engineering, data analysis, data tools, building prototypes, deploying and maintaining production models, using and creating algorithms and creating simulations
Experienced using statistical computer languages such as Python/R
Knowledge and experience in statistical and machine learning techniques including GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, social network analysis, etc
Experience writing advanced SQL to query databases
Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics including regression, classification, anomaly detection, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc. on large data sets
Experience merging and transforming disparate internal & external data sets together
Experience with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, H20.ai, Cloud AI platforms, containerization
Experience with ML Ops best practices for deployment, monitoring, maintenance and enhancement of models
Participate in Data Science code reviews, lead machine learning code reviews
Strong customer service orientation and ability to build strong relationships across the Business
Strong organizational and planning skills
Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively present information to stakeholders and respond to questions
Ability to successfully handle pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
Preferred
Experience visualizing data for business stakeholders using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Domo, Qlik
Company
American Equity
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company® We are The Financial Dignity Company – and while each person might define financial dignity differently, we believe it’s having the means to retire with pride and peacefulness in your daily life.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$253MKey Investors
Brookfield Wealth SolutionsBrookfield Asset Management
2023-07-05Acquired
2022-01-07Post Ipo Equity· $253M
2020-10-18Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Anant Bhalla
Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas Volpe
Chief Technology Officer at American Equity
Recent News
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