New York Life Insurance Company · 4 hours ago
Senior Associate - Data Scientist - Technology Infrastructure & Engineering
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $177K/yr
6+ years expNew York Life Insurance Company is evolving into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization. The Data Scientist will partner with business and technical operational leaders to leverage data and analytical tools to address complex business problems through modeling and predictive analytics.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Translates business needs into analytics/reporting requirements to promote high quality code, high availability and stable systems, and autonomous operations
Performs large-scale experimentation and builds data-driven models t extractinginsights from system logs, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, databases, etc
Researches and implements cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence to make data analysis more efficient
Collects and preprocesses large amount of structured and unstructured data
Conducts Exploratory Data Analysis to uncover patterns, spot anomalies, and test hypotheses
Applies statistical analysis and visualization techniques to various data, such as hierarchical clustering, principal components analysis (PCA) machine learning
Designs and conducts data analyses with the highest standard of rigor and scientific accuracy; this includes study design, methodology, algorithms, and statistical modeling
Qualification
Required
At least six years of relevant project experience in successfully launching, planning, and executing data science projects, including statistical analysis, data engineering, and data visualization
Proven experience in conducting statistical analysis and building models with advanced scripting languages
Experience leading projects that apply ML and data science to business functions
Fluency in multiple programming languages and statistical analysis tools such as Python, C++, JavaScript, R, SAS, Excel, SQL, MATLAB, SPSS
Experience with Tableau and other visualization tools
Knowledge of distributed data/computing tools such as MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, or Kafka
Solid understanding and experience with model evaluation and tuning techniques
Strong understanding of AI, its potential roles in solving business problems, and the future trajectory of generative AI models
Experience with cloud platforms (e,g, AWS, Azure, Salesforce)
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Ability to communicate complex projects, models, and results to a diverse audience including non-technical stakeholders
Ability to work in diverse, cross-functional teams in a dynamic business environment
Superior presentation skills, including storytelling and other techniques to guide and inspire
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, or a related field
Preferred
Specialization in text analytics, image recognition, graph analysis, or other specialized ML techniques, such as deep learning
Benefits
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Company
New York Life Insurance Company
For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Don Vu
Senior Vice President, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Deepa Soni
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
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