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Data Scientist II, Interventions
Root Insurance
New This Week
Data ScienceInsuranceMid-Level (3-5 yrs)RemoteInsurance
Good for data scientists interested in insurance ML with a focus on measurable business outcomes like fraud mitigation.
AI → FinanceTransition-Friendly
Location
Remote
Salary Range
$116,664 – $145,830
Posted
Mar 15, 2026
Build ML models at Root Insurance to optimize customer interventions — fraud mitigation, credit risk, conversion, and retention in a fully remote insurtech environment.
## About the Role
Root Insurance leverages ML to fundamentally reimagine insurance. The Interventions team uses machine learning to target interventions that improve customer lifetime value — including fraud mitigation, bad debt reduction, conversion optimization, and retention.
## Responsibilities
- Monitor and improve existing ML models for insurance interventions
- Seek new ML applications to drive measurable business impact
- Conduct rigorous experiments to validate targeted interventions
- Build models for fraud mitigation, bad debt, conversion, and retention
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy models in production
## Requirements
- 3+ years of data science or ML experience
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience with GLMs, gradient boosting, or deep learning
- Track record of deploying ML models that drive business outcomes
- Insurance or fintech experience preferred
Skills & Technologies
PythonSQLMachine LearningFraud DetectionA/B TestingGLMsInsurance Analytics
Best Backgrounds
- data science
- actuarial science
- fraud analytics
- insurance analytics
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