Senior Cyber Supply Chain Risk Modeler/Data Scientist , US Remote Option

Guidewire is searching for a catastrophe modeler to join us on our mission to transform cyber-insurance with the industry's leading cyber risk platform. Cyber is the #1 threat to US national security, above nuclear weapons, and our work here makes a meaningful impact in this space! You will report to the Director of Risk Modeling.
Who We Are, What We Believe, & What We BuildGuidewire is the AWS of insurance. As the market leader, 380 insurance companies run on our mission critical platform. Every second, we support underwriters crafting policies and agents settling claims. We believe that making a great decision should not require 100 in-house data scientists. Our products range from cyber risk quantification to potent ML sandboxes. We are a post-IPO company with the vision to redefine insurance.
Who You AreYou are a passionate and creative problem solver, excited by the prospect of pursuing hard problems and exploring the unknown. You enjoy applying quantitative methods. 

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing methodologies to quantify the impact of cyber security risk, with a specific focus on supply chain-related events
• Developing and implementing tools to effectively visualize the potential impact of potential cyber events
• Exploring different data sources to come up with features and assumptions to enhance our set of risk models
• Calibrating, testing and validating different types of models in the insurance space
• Integrating/automating modeling processes in our production pipeline to feed our platform
• Communicating technical details related to the models and their outputs to a variety of audiences
• Collaborating with cyber analysts, data engineers, risk modelers, and product managers 

Qualifications

• PhD or MS degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or similar quantitative disciplines
• Solid statistics and predictive modeling foundations
• 4+ years of experience in data analysis, feature engineering, data visualization and hypotheses testing 

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About GuidewireGuidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently.
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