Senior Data Scientist

Help us grow into an ever-evolving marketplace. Seeking an experienced and talented Senior Data Scientist!

WHAT WE DO

Betterview is the Property Intelligence & Risk Management Platform that leading P&C insurance companies depend on to identify and mitigate risk, improve operational and inspection efficiency, and build a more transparent customer experience throughout the policy lifecycle. By empowering insurers to automate pricing, underwriting, and renewal while focusing strategic action on critical properties, Betterview is transforming the insurance industry from Repair and Replace to Predict and Prevent. Combining continuously evolving AI, predictive analytics, computer vision, and customizable workflows to geospatial imagery with commercial, private, and public data, Betterview supports your business's unique needs through transparent, actionable property insights.

Every day, our diverse team is focused on the needs of our customers. We strive to earn their trust by providing valuable, accurate insight that is important to their businesses. We provide our customers with information that is not only useful to their business decisions but is easy to use. We combine high-quality human interactions with sleek, intuitive design and are pioneers on the journey alongside our customers, who are transforming the way they do business with data-driven decision-making.

THE OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for a talented individual with excellent analytical skills and property insurance experience to join the Betterview team as a Senior Data Scientist. This role will support the growth of Betterview’s product suite to continually provide new insights and data to insurance customers and improve property risk assessment. The Senior Data Scientist will lead data science and model development initiatives from ideation and experimentation through product integration and rollout, and will also play a key role in developing materials and analyses to demonstrate and quantify the value of Betterview’s data and product for insurance industry customers. As a senior member of the Data Science team, this role will serve as a mentor to more junior data scientists and provide technical guidance across the team’s technical book of work. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing startup developing cutting-edge analytics in the insurtech space.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Create models to derive meaningful insights from data to inform property risk management and decision-making.
• Conduct robust validation studies to support regulatory reporting requirements for Betterview data and models.
• Contribute to ideation, design and implementation of Betterview’s suite of analytical products.
• Quantify value of Betterview data for insurance customers through rigorous analysis of past claims data.
• Develop materials to help our customers understand Betterview’s data and models and incorporate them into insurance operations.
• Identify and evaluate data sources for accuracy and potential to augment Betterview’s existing data catalog and/or improve existing models.
• Identify issues with existing data, models and processes; propose and implement solutions to resolve issues.
• Spearhead design and creation of new internal tools to facilitate data science team tasks.
• Mentor junior members of the data science team.
• Cultivate deep knowledge of Betterview’s data and leverage it to support continual improvement of our models.
• Update tasks in Jira and keep good notes.

Requirements

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO OUR COMPANY

• Insurance:
  • 3+ years of insurance industry experience, e.g., at a primary insurer, reinsurer, broker, agent or insurance-adjacent analytics company.
  • Foundational knowledge of property insurance and risk assessment fundamentals.
  • Experience using historical claims data to develop predictive risk models.
• Data Science:
  • 3+ years using Python for data analysis, visualization and modeling (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn).
  • Experience performing data extraction and manipulation using SQL.
  • Experience working on shared code bases and using git for version control.
  • Advanced degree in engineering, statistics, data science or related field.

The successful candidate:

• Has the ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Has a proven track record of translating abstract goals into targeted technical problem statements, designing and running data science experiments to test hypotheses, and synthesizing findings for business stakeholders through written and verbal communication.
• Has a strong technical and data science foundation - data analysis, feature engineering, modeling frameworks, model validation, and confidence intervals.
• Has a working style and attitude consistent with the scientific method, e.g., running experiments to test a hypothesis; making decisions based on data and evidence.
• Possesses an analytical mind and a strong nose for data issues.
• Has experience developing model documentation and validation material to support regulatory rate filing for insurance data products (preferred).
• Contains an understanding of geospatial data/modeling fundamentals (preferred).
• Has knowledge of catastrophe modeling fundamentals (preferred).
• Has computer vision experience, either in creating datasets for training or validating model performance (preferred).

Benefits

OUR COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY

Betterview is committed to administering a fair, equitable, and inclusive interview and offer process that is transparent and free of discrimination and

in compliance with federal and state laws. The salary range associated with this position has been determined through the use of external data sources

that provide current market pay rates. The base salary range is considered a national average and is determined by the knowledge, skills, and abilities

required for this role and does not include our comprehensive benefits described below. When an offer is presented, compensation will be commensurate with

an individual’s background, experience, and location; therefore, the range associated with this position could vary. Offers of employment for this position will include base salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

WHAT WE PROVIDE

• Compensation commensurate with experience.
• Generous health benefits – medical, dental and vision.
  • Medical offerings include PPO, HMO, and HDHP options through Kaiser, Anthem Blue Cross, Sharp Health, and Sutter Health.
  • Betterview covers 75% of the sponsored medical plan employee premium, 60% of dependents.
  • For dental and vision, Betterview covers 75% of the employee premium, 50% of dependents.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
  • Betterview matches 100% of employee contributions up to the first 3% of pay, then 50% of employee contributions on the next 2% of pay.
• FSA and HSA.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Full-time employees receive 160 hours per year of paid time off; part-time employees accrue PTO on a pro-rated basis.
• Paid parental leave. Betterview will provide up to 6 weeks paid parental leave to employees following the birth of an employee’s child or the placement of a child with an employee in connection with adoption or foster care.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance. Betterview pays 100% of the premium. Employees receive a benefit amount of $50,000.
• Shortterm disability. Betterview pays for 100% of the plan premium.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP. Betterview provides free access to a confidential EAP which offers licensed counselors as well as financial and legal experts to help with life’s challenges.
• Pet Insurance. Betterview offers veterinary pet insurance at a discounted rate for employees.
• Charity contribution match, up to $100.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Professional development reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits.

COVID Vaccine is required as a condition of employment with Betterview. Reasonable accommodations will be considered.

Betterview provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. In addition to federal law requirements, Betterview complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Betterview will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.

Betterview will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco, review the guidelines applicable in your area.

Betterview expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Betterview employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to complete this application, please let us know by contacting hr@betterview.com.

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