Data Scientist at Ascendion Inc.

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands


• Solve complex problems – and learn new skills


• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients


• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

Job Title: Data Scientist

Looking for a Senior Data Scientist I for Commercial Insurance's team migration from on-prem servers to Azure. The bulk of the day to day will include translating code from SAS to Python, converting data processing and modeling scripts to run on the cloud, and migrating an R-Shiny dashboard to the cloud.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or other quantitative discipline (or equivalent years of experience)




• Master’s degree required


• Ph.D. degree preferred

Must Haves:

• 3+ years of experience demonstrated experience in data manipulation and various AI/machine learning methodologies, preferably in applications using credit data for insurance or financial services.




• Must be fluent in SAS and Python - translating SAS to Python




• Coding in Python


• OOA/OOD




• Proficiency in R - Enough to migrate the dashboard.




• R-Shiny dashboard that needs to be migrated.






• Experience with R and Python's standard data manipulation and Machine Learning packages.




• Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch in Python and rpart, party, caret in R) and/or Scala.


• No modeling will be done in this role




• Experience manipulating and merging multiple large data sets in a distributed computing environment.


• Interacting with scripts, pulling data from the data lake, and managing server configurations within the Azure cloud environment


• 2+ years' experience working on Azure cloud - specifically Azure Data Lakes.

Location: Remote

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $90000 – $103000 annually.  Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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