MetLife · 2 hours ago
Data Scientist - Pet Insurance
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$103K/yr - $155K/yr
5+ years expMetLife is a leading financial services company that provides insurance and asset management solutions. They are seeking a Data Scientist to design, build, and deploy machine learning solutions that automate claims adjudication, improving decision quality and operational efficiency.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRisk Management
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end development of AI-driven claims automation capabilities, from problem framing and experimentation through production deployment and monitoring
Create scalable pipelines and evaluation frameworks for “ground truth” generation, reporting, and continuous model measurement (accuracy, stability, and business impact)
Oversee model validation, performance monitoring, and iterative improvements, ensuring solutions remain accurate, reliable, and aligned with operational needs
Manage the full ML lifecycle for structured and unstructured data use cases, including feature engineering, training, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization
Develop LLM-enabled capabilities (prompt engineering, fine-tuning where appropriate, and robust evaluation) to support document understanding, decision support, and workflow automation
Coordinate cross-functional delivery with Claims, Operations, Technology, and D&A partners (Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Architecture, DevOps, BI/Insights) to ensure compliance, secure, and production-ready outcomes
Qualification
Required
5 – 8+ years of relevant experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, with a track record of delivering production-grade analytics/ML solutions
Python proficiency
Advanced SQL expertise to generate trusted reporting/ground truth datasets, perform deep analysis, and validate model outcomes
Experience with Generative AI / LLMs, including prompt engineering and familiarity with fine-tuning and evaluation approaches
Cloud and MLOps experience on Azure/AWS/GCP especially CI/CD pipelines and operational observability (e.g., Log Analytics), with strong production mindset
Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently solution, troubleshoot, and drive to outcomes
Clear communication and stakeholder partnership skills, able to translate between technical details and business impact with confidence
Preferred
Machine learning development experience across the lifecycle (EDA, feature engineering, modeling, evaluation, monitoring), using common frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn; TensorFlow or PyTorch as applicable)
ML Ops experience (model registry, deployment patterns, monitoring/alerting, retraining strategies, governance workflows) in Azure or comparable cloud services
Ability to work effectively in large codebases to build, test, and deploy ML/AI solutions
Experience with OCR and document understanding tools, and/or NLP libraries (e.g., spaCy, Transformers) applied to real-world text extraction and classification
Power BI and/or data engineering knowledge to support scalable reporting, metric design, and operational dashboards
Mentorship and technical leadership experience (particularly relevant for Grade 11), including leading solution design, estimations, and guiding other data scientists
Insurance, financial services, or regulated-domain experience, including comfort operating within quality, security, compliance, explainability, and responsible AI guidelines
Benefits
Comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision
Dental insurance
No-cost short- and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance
Legal services
A retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife
401(k) with employer matching
Group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Digital mental health programs
Parental leave
Volunteer time off
Tuition assistance
Company
MetLife
MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2000-04-14IPO
Leadership Team
Michel A. Khalaf
President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.
Koley Corte
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer - Institutional, Regional, Global Insights+Analytics
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