About the role

As a Data Scientist, you'll develop the AI and machine learning that powers our products. You'll develop and evaluate models, work with LLMs and the data behind them, and turn business problems into working AI features alongside the engineers and stakeholders you partner with.

What you will do

• Build, evaluate, and ship models that power our AI products, from ML to LLM-based approaches.
• Turn business problems into well-defined data science work, and the results into clear recommendations.
• Gather, explore, and model the data behind our AI products.
• Partner with engineers and stakeholders to get models into production and in front of users.
• Build the evaluations, guardrails, and prompts that make our LLM features accurate and reliable.

Who You Are

• An early-career data scientist who builds and ships models that solve real problems.
• A strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and model development.
• Python and SQL, and comfort working with real, messy data.
• A solid understanding of modern AI: LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, evaluation, and guardrails.
• Use AI coding agents effectively in your day-to-day work, with the judgment to know when to use them and when not to.

Nice to Haves

• Built and shipped LLM-powered applications (agents, vector stores, production evaluations).
• Document understanding, NLP, or other unstructured-data experience.
• MLOps: deploying, monitoring, and retraining models in production.

What we offer you

Benefits and Perks

We don't take a "one-size-fits-all" approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

Compensation

Salary Range: $96,700 - $161,200 plus eligibility for annual bonus program

Please review Symetra's Remote Network Minimum Requirements:

As a remote-first organization committed to providing a positive experience for both employees and customers, Symetra has the following standards for employees' internet connection:

• Minimum Internet Speed: 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband."
• Internet Type: Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL.
• Not Permissible: Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up.

When applying to jobs at Symetra you'll be asked to test your internet speed and confirm that your internet connection meets or exceeds Symetra's standard as outlined above.

Identity Verification

Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity.

Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in:

• Disqualification from the recruitment process
• Withdrawal of a job offer
• Termination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered

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