Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join Clover's Data Science team as a Senior Data Scientist and lead large-scale projects, from ideation to delivering enterprise value. You will leverage your problem-solving skills, implement robust solutions, and understand business needs to deliver impactful results. Proactive engagement with stakeholders, risk mitigation, and mentorship are key aspects of this role. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of data analysis, machine learning, and communication skills. This remote-first position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, especially dealing with complex data-driven results, or equivalent experience, with a minimum of a Master's degree plus 3-4 years of relevant work experience or Ph.D. with 2+ years of relevant experience
• Have a strong foundation in probability and statistics, and demonstrated facility with machine learning tools, including SQL and python, as well as statistical and machine learning packages
• Have demonstrated success using data science to deliver clear enterprise value in a business function
• Are comfortable leading and have successfully led a large-scale project from opportunity identification to business value
• Are able to improve the work of those around you via direct mentorship, code review, informal conversations, and leadership by example
• Can clearly articulate how your work accrues to business value and can contextualize that value with respect to top-level business objectives

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale projects from ideation through delivering enterprise value
• Have a broad problem-solving toolkit and know how to apply it. When problems call for out-of-the box solutions, you will apply them effectively. When problems call for boutique solutions, you can evaluate the trade-offs and chose a solution that maximizes velocity
• Implement broad solutions that are bug-free and well-tested. Where possible, your work reduces complexity rather than adding it
• Understand the problems faced by the business and deliver results that meaningfully solve some of these problems
• Proactively engage with stakeholders across all levels of Clover to understand needs
• Uncover and mitigate risks and assumptions that may prove to be intractable later
• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner and ensure that projects are delivered on time and to spec. Within the team, serve as a mentor and collaborator, improving peers’ ability to deliver

Preferred Qualifications

• You want to create impact with your work by finding insights in the data that unlock value and improve outcomes
• You have a strong understanding of how to structure analyses and experiments to yield interpretable, actionable results
• You reason holistically . From project scope to priority to implementation, you'll have an impact on how decisions get made
• You are comfortable acting autonomously in ambiguous and dynamic environments
• You are fearless in the face of messy data , and adept at programmatically structuring and cleaning records collected from the real world
• You strive to automate as much as possible, yet understand the value of explicitly incorporating human decisions into the systems you build
• You have just as much interest in helping other people move faster as you do building your own analyses

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity opportunities
• Performance-based bonus program and regular compensation reviews
• Comprehensive group medical coverage that include coverage for hospitalization, outpatient care, optical services, and dental benefits
• Initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous annual leave policy
• Remote-first culture that supports collaboration and flexibility
• Learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, and regular performance feedback and reviews
• Reimbursement for office setup expenses
• Monthly cell phone & internet stipend
• Flexibility to work from home, enabling collaboration with global teams
• Paid parental leave for all new parents