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Senior Data Scientist - Insurance

Allianz UK
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Role Description

In this role, you will be at the forefront of developing fully operational machine learning products designed to address the core challenges of our business. Your involvement will span all aspects of these projects, including engaging with business subject matter experts, model building, evaluation, and deployment.
Role Description

In this role, you will be at the forefront of developing fully operational machine learning products designed to address the core challenges of our business. Your involvement will span all aspects of these projects, including engaging with business subject matter experts, model building, evaluation, and deployment.

You will also contribute to the development of innovative tools and techniques for the team, leveraging internal packages, innovation projects, and university research partnerships.

Our team is structured into smaller, focused stream-aligned agile teams, each collaborating with different business areas and subject matter experts to foster mutual understanding of the business, its challenges, and needs. You’ll have the opportunity to rotate to other teams throughout the year to build strong relationships with various business areas while providing opportunities for team members to develop through exposure to new data challenges and domain-specific problems.

This is a hybrid role, with options to work from our London, Bristol, or Bournemouth offices, with a requirement to be in the office for two days each month.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £60,000 per annum. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You

Conceiving and developing machine learning solutions to address complex business challenges, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to define project goals, scope, and deliverables.
Taking ownership of the deployment of solutions into production environments, continuously monitoring and maintaining models to ensure robust performance and reliability.
Establishing and propagating best practices within the team, including coding standards, version control, and documentation. Conducting thorough code reviews ensuring team best practice is met and providing guidance to junior data scientists within the team, fostering their development.
Staying up to date with the latest advancements in data science. Driving innovation by applying new techniques, tools, and methodologies to solve business problems.
Communicating complex data science concepts and insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and actionable manner.
Ensuring strong ethical underpinnings of all analytics solutions developed, driving good outcomes for customers.

Essential Skills

Proven experience as a Data Scientist or similar role in a commercial environment, with proficiency in reviewing colleagues' work and using Git for version control
Expertise in Python and its associated data science libraries, with clean, well-documented, and unit-tested coding skills.
Strong foundation with a variety of machine learning models, including but not limited to gradient boosted models, generalized linear models, and large language models.
Experience deploying production-ready solutions that ensure robustness, scalability, and alignment with business goals.
Ability to deliver projects and explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Ability to innovate by seeking creative solutions to enhance conventional methods, alongside a commitment to lifelong technical skill development.
Strong collaborative mindset with the ability to foster a positive and inclusive team environment.

We support the government scheme “Access to Work” please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

Desirable Skills

Experience in the insurance or financial services sector.
Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.
Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools such as Jira.
Proficiency using cloud technologies, such as Databricks, Kubernetes, and API frameworks. Azure experience is preferred, though AWS, GCP, or similar platforms are also appreciated.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

Flexible buy/sell holiday options
Hybrid working
Annual performance related bonus
Contributory pension scheme
Development days
A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
Retail discounts
Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.



For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Deivydas Sakys

Closing date: 11 Jun 25

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Employment type Full-time
Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Financial Services and Insurance
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