Data Scientist

Company: Insurify
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: January 8, 2021

Job Description:

Do you want to be part of Boston's hottest up and coming startup? Insurify is one of the fastest-growing MIT FinTech startups and has been recognized as a global Top 100 InsurTech company. We're changing the way millions of people compare and buy insurance with artificial intelligence, technology, and superior product design.Founded in 2013, Insurify recently raised $23 million in venture capital funding from top investors including Viola Group, MTech Capital, Hearst Ventures, Nationwide Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.Our team is highly analytical, fast-moving, and focused on one thing: getting more people to compare insurance quotes using Insurify.ROLE DESCRIPTION

• Reporting to the Director of Analytics, this role will be one of the first on our Customer Acquisition Data Science team
• Partner closely with the Marketing team to assist in the development of more sophisticated bidding and targeting methodologies across Paid Search, Retargeting, and Email campaigns
• Use time-series and ML techniques in order to come up with more efficient bidding strategies
• Build volume elasticity models in order to optimize bid-ups for more customer acquisition
• Develop customer churn models and help optimize when is best to re-target customers with display or email advertisements to bring them back
• Develop custom multi-channel attribution models that will facilitate efficient bidding across multiple channels as we scale
• Develop clustering models in order to identify user profiles that the marketing team can use to effectively advertise against across our channelsQUALIFICATIONS
  • Graduate Degree in technical/quantitative disciplines and/or 2-3 years building models that have driven clear ROI; experience with Marketing or Marketing tech is a plus
  • Strong skills and experience in Python (numpy, pandas, sklearn, PyMC3, etc) and SQL
  • You look at solve the business problem first and foremost, as opposed to first picking a model and trying to fit the problem
  • As an early member of a small team, you know that done is better than perfect, and believe in interactive approach to delivering data products
  • Strong quantitative and programming skills with a product-driven sensibility
  • Quick learning ability and a drive suitable for the startup hustleBENEFITS
    • Employee stock options
    • 401K plan
    • Great healthcare plan
    • Unlimited vacation and sick time
    • Free snacks and beverages every day in office
    • Team lunches and outings
    • Friendly office cultureWe are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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