Principal Data Scientist

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

Job Summary

The Standard is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to join the Applied AI team in the successful development and implementation of AI-powered products at the Standard.

You will be part of an innovative team responsible for the development and implementation of AI and ML solutions to augment business processes and empower employees. As a leader in AI initiatives, you will drive enterprise AI systems at scale, optimizing deployment patterns, ensuring scalability, and organizational innovation. You will collaborate closely with expert Applied Scientists, Principal Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects, and business area leaders. In this highly visible role, you will mentor Applied Scientists and collaborate with engineering & business teams to deliver highly impactful solutions at scale.

Staying current with the evolving AI landscape, you will leverage the latest technologies to support cutting-edge innovation across our proprietary AI products. You will ultimately develop an information advantage through AI systems and capability capabilities, while working to develop the team’s reputation as highly skilled experts in data science. Along the way, you will actively partner to grow a company-wide educational program for Data Science and ML, foster company-wide consumption of AI services, and implement industry best practices in data science product organizations.

This role is critical to the evangelization of AI at The Standard and requires well-refined technical skills that bridge software engineering and data science, a passion for growth and learning, a strong sense of independent accountability, and an innate ability to work with a diverse, multi-functional team. Join a talented team of Data Science and AI professionals, responsible for modernizing how The Standard executes its core promise to customers through AI services.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• EDUCATION: A Master’s degree in quantitative fields, or related. A PhD is preferred.
• EXPERIENCE: 8-10 years’ experience delivering highly effective data science models with quantifiable impact at scale. Financial services or insurance industry is a bonus.
• Strong technical command of the tools and languages used to deliver high impact AI/ML solutions into production (Python, PyTorch, Spark, Azure, ADO Pipelines, PowerShell, Kubernetes, Databricks jobs, MLFlow). Successfully led the delivery of multiple stable releases in ML and AI domain.
• Expert knowledge of machine learning and AI theory (Regression and Classification techniques, Neural Networks, NLP, LLMs, RAG architecture, fine-tuning techniques, etc.) and the relevancy of their applications to targeted use cases. A curious and inquisitive mind, capable of ideating and driving enhancements that simplify, modernize, and standardize the model architectures. Experience with MLOps best practices is preferred.
• Unstructured data storage, search, and retrieval (text and images) knowledge is preferred.
• Experience guiding, coaching, mentoring technical peers. As a highly technical individual, you will be able to provide technical oversight for building and maintaining production-quality code.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills that enable you to earn trust at all levels of the organization, yielding an ability to influence.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Driving Success – Sets goals that inspire others; demonstrates a high level of ambition to achieve outstanding results.
• Improvement Mindset – Identifies the interrelatedness of work activities; targets important areas for improvement across business unit/functions.
• Winning Together - Makes decisions in partnership with impacted business unit/function leaders with the goals of the organization in mind; acts in the best interest of the organization.

Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard, you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• An annual incentive bonus plan
• Generous paid time off
• A supportive and responsive management approach
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement 
• Paid time off to volunteer
• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
• Much more!

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Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.