Data Scientist

Data Scientist

We are Farmers – where ambition meets opportunity. At Farmers, we're a team with a passion for purpose and making a real difference in people's lives. We deliver peace of mind when it matters most. Our results-driven, high-performance culture thrives on creativity, accountability, and bold solutions. Here, growth isn't just a goal – it's a way of life for both the organization and every individual on our team. We tackle challenges head-on, learn from every experience, and measure our impact on the customers who trust us. Join an award-winning, equal opportunity employer, where you'll find more than a job – you'll find a supportive community. Enjoy competitive benefits, take part in meaningful volunteer projects, and help shape the future alongside talented colleagues across all backgrounds. At Farmers, helping others is at the heart of what we do.

Farmers Group (Woodland Hills, CA) seeks a Data Scientist to apply analytics and modeling techniques, leveraging machine learning and data mining to improve business outcomes, support operational projects, and perform routine tasks with moderate guidance from senior team members. Specific duties include:

• Execute on moderate business challenges involving data science, succeed in projects by scoping, defining measures of success, utilizing a data science vision for project success and accomplish successfully within prescribed timelines, and execute at the intermediate level projects with a sense of urgency.
• Utilize conceptual knowledge of consumer analytics including retention models, agency economics, and lead optimization in their daily work, utilize moderate knowledge of advance programming, ETL and specialized modeling methods to execute projects, demonstrate clean reusable code and effective documentation, and encourage others to do the same.
• Partner closely with IT, business, and data management/engineering teams to understand, utilize, and improve data infrastructure, advise on fundamental concerns and serve as an objective and transparent partner to drive fact-based decision making and a measure of success culture.
• Develop presentations and present to leadership, occasionally communicate complex technical material understandable to non-technical associates.
• Manage moderate model deployments via MLOps techniques, work with analytics and IT teams to deploy models/rules in various platforms and support testing of new solutions.
• Mentor junior data science team members and provide coaching and knowledge around technical and non-technical skills.

Option to work remotely with required travel to local offices as needed, if within 50 miles of remote worksite. Position requires a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Statistics, Business Analytics, or a closely related field of study, plus 3 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Predictive Analyst, Senior Predictive Analyst, or similar position applying analytics and modeling techniques.

Farmers offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and location. Annual rate of pay: $137,469 Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance) 401(k) Medical Dental Vision Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Parental Leave Tuition Assistance