Senior Data Scientist, Marshmallow

Salary not provided
SQL
Python
Mid level
London

3 days a week in office (Old Street, London)

Marshmallow

Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm

Open for applications

Marshmallow

Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Open for applications

Salary not provided
SQL
Python
Mid level
London

3 days a week in office (Old Street, London)

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Company mission

To back those who find themselves on a different path, either by choice or by circumstance, helping the exceptions to the rules that others aren’t interested in serving.

Role

Who you are

  • Experience building future-proof data models and analytics products
  • Experience driving business action and impact from data-driven insights
  • Leading projects end to end from a technical perspective
  • Experience developing ML models to answer business cases
  • Strong coding ability in Python, SQL
  • Ability to manipulate large data sets
  • At least 3-4 years commercial experience

Desirable

  • Experience working in cross-functional teams
  • Experience managing a team
  • Experience in a high-growth company

What the job involves

  • Claims is a relatively untapped area when it comes to Analytics and Data Science, it plays a huge role in how the business performs and dealing with the distress a customer experiences when they have an accident
  • You could be looking into problems related to identifying fraudulent claims, facilitating automation for claims handlers, all the way through to thinking about how we change customer driving behaviour to reduce accidents in the first place
  • This is only the beginning of Data Science’s journey to be a key innovator at Marshmallow and in the wider insurance industry
  • Uncover and drive forward new high-impact opportunities in Claims, previously untouched by Data Science
  • Work within a cross-functional team (engineers, designers, analysts, product manager) and become an expert in your area
  • Influence and input to the team’s roadmap and priorities using data to quantify new opportunities
  • Be a champion of data and solidify data-driven process within the team
  • Design and monitor A/B tests isolate the impact of initiatives

Application process

  • Initial call with Luke, our Talent Acquisition Partner (45 mins)
  • A previous experience interview where you will discuss your journey so far and ways of working with Paul, our Head of Data Science (45 minutes)
  • A technical interview with one of our Senior Data Scientists (1 hr)
  • A culture interview with a bar raiser to see if your work style fits our processes and values (1 hour)
  • We’ll let you know if you’re invited to an interview or not. But, as a small team with a lot of applications to consider, we can’t give personal feedback on each application

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Insights

Strong hiring activity
Rocket List 2021
Top investors

50% female employees

27% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Flexible working - Manage your own time and choose where to work from (in the office, at home, or a little bit of both). Just make sure your team is happy too.
  • Ben benefits - Get your hands on your flexible benefits budget with the Ben Mastercard and spend it wherever you want.
  • Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance 🌟
  • Private healthcare - We want to support everyone’s wellbeing at Marshmallow, which is why we offer private healthcare insurance with Vitality.

  • Cycle to work scheme - We’re registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a new bike tax-free. Lycra shorts optional.
  • Mental wellbeing - We have partnered with Oliva to offer mental health support and make therapy sessions more accessible.
  • Learning and training - Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Weekly book clubs and learning sessions. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset.
  • Company socials - We give all of our teams monthly budgets to get to know each other better outside of work. Plus we have company-wide socials every two weeks, themed parties, and more.

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Sep 2021

$83m

SERIES B

Nov 2020

$30m

SERIES A

Total funding: $118.2m

Our take

For many ordinary people, insurance can be inaccessibly expensive. Marshmallow solves this problem by using data and technology to offer fairer coverage for car and van owners.

Car insurers generally quotes drivers according to population data, and many drivers are overcharged due to age and demographic. By leveraging data and proprietary technology, Marshmallow can offer more accurate and personalised quotes delivered in minutes, meaning lower fees for drivers. Naturally, this approach has proven popular, with Marshmallow garnering impressive reviews and accolades since it first launched.

The insurtech space is becoming increasingly competitive, and more and more tech companies are moving into the car insurance space, so the company is currently looking to expand into other insurance areas. Marshmallow’s unicorn status is a clear indicator of the company’s ongoing success and scalability, and will help to facilitate this diversification.

For now, the company is focused on helping those outside the norm, such as those who have uprooted their lives and moved to the UK. But in the future, it hopes to expand to any group of people who are unfairly marginalised and whose problems Marshmallow is uniquely positioned to solve.

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