Data Scientist
Chicago, IL

Job Description

Jellyvision is hiring a Data Scientist

Who we are

We at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX® , an interactive employee communications platform that makes tricky decisions-like choosing and using employee benefits-easier and more enjoyable. The success of ALEX has exceeded our wildest work-related dreams, which is why we need a talented Strategic Account Executive to help us.

How you'll help

Jellyvision is solvent, growing, and has an incredible pipeline into 1300+ customers who are asking for more of the decision-making support that ALEX provides to their employees.

We are looking for a creative and innovative data scientist to drive and execute strategic initiatives that will inspire the future and improve the present of Jellyvision. As part of this team you will focus on various data science problems and closely work with the rest of the Data, product, creative and leadership teams to derive valuable insights using data science tools.

* Analytical Mind - You live and breathe value-driven analytics. It is one of your passions!
* Curiosity - You are genuinely curious about many industries, including Health Care
* Communication - You can explain what you're doing like I'm five, or have five PhDs
* Grit - You know data is not perfect, and you don't need it to be. You can make the best out of a situation, roll-up your sleeves and get to work

What you'll do

* Willingness to work with internal customers to develop analyses that help solve business problems and drive value
* Willingness to learn something new - a new programming language or data science technique
* Ability and willingness to do the Data Science: everything from scraping web APIs, heavy munging, thorough model validation testing and continuous feedback
* Have the ability to write sophisticated machine learning and data analysis code in R, Python, etc.
* Have developed a data science model that is deployed in a live production setting
* Ability to write data analyses reports for internal and external use
* Ability to build frameworks to enable other Jelly people to gain knowledge and increase positive impact in the organization
* Ability to communicate effectively and share complex insights at all levels of the organization
* Ability and willingness to train and mentor junior data team members
* Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative or relevant field
* Candidates must be authorized to work in the US

Experience & skills you'll need

* 2+ years professional experience working in an analytics-focused role
* NLP experience
* Experience writing production code in one or more of: C++, C, Java, Scala, Spark, R or Python
* Experience with medical claims or healthcare insurance plans
* Have made substantial contributions to the data science industry
* Experience with some/all of the following technologies: git, mercurial, jenkins, travis, jira, asana, etc.
* Masters degree or PhD in a quantitative or relevant field

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!