Actuarial Data Scientist (Insurance)

Location: Flexible hybrid role based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Dallas, or Morristown, New Jersey; candidates may relocate to one of the U.S. hub locations with relocation assistance.

Base pay: $145,000–$160,000 in the Austin and Dallas regions; $155,000–$180,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area and New Jersey.

Company

hirify.global uses technology and data to simplify homeownership and operates as a diversified carrier platform serving homeowners and insurance program partners.

What you will do

• Lead homeowners insurance modeling efforts and establish technical standards, priorities, and best practices.
• Design and build annual by-peril loss cost models for frequency and severity.
• Expand conversion, retention, demand, underwriting, and aggregation modeling to support pricing strategy and portfolio decisions.
• Implement and scale models in an Airflow-based Python pipeline with robust testing, validation, reproducibility, and maintainability.
• Develop reusable analytical tooling and workflows for the actuarial team.
• Partner with Insurance Product, Underwriting, and Engineering to deploy models and communicate business recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, data science, or another quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or actuarial modeling in insurance, preferably personal lines or property.
• Working knowledge of P&C insurance and loss cost modeling, including demand, underwriting, or claims modeling.
• Strong statistical modeling experience with GLMs, regularization, tree-based ensembles, and model validation techniques.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, including pandas, scikit-learn, and statsmodels, as well as SQL.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trust with stakeholders.

Nice to have

• ACAS or FCAS actuarial credentials.
• Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline.
• Experience with AWS, modern data platforms, and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Experience with catastrophe modeling, geospatial analytics, or climate risk data.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical plans, employer-covered dental and vision insurance, 401(k), disability coverage, life insurance, FSAs, and an employee assistance program.
• Relocation assistance for qualified candidates moving to a hub location.
• Equity compensation eligibility, training, and internal career growth opportunities.
• Flexible time off and 12 weeks of parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
• Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches for onsite employees.