Data Analyst / Statistician

About Virtido

Virtido is an entrepreneurial and innovative IT and Business Process Outsourcing company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. We realise ideas and projects - from strategic concept to technical implementation closely alongside our dynamic clients with a strong focus on start-up or fast-growing companies. Since inception in 2015, we have grown rapidly to currently 80+ professionals in Switzerland and Western-Ukraine.

About our project and your role

Luminant Analytics is a Swiss / American Startup offering analytics services for insurers with a focus on the automotive insurance industry. We are looking for a Data Scientist with a strong background in statistics to help with data identification, curation and modeling. Candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with multi-disciplinary experts and to be able to express his approach to data modeling in a clear and detailed manner to providing the Client-facing. Project Manager with clear understanding of how to present it to the Client.

Role Requirements

• Master?s degree in Economics/Econometrics/Statistics/Financial Economics or Bacheloк?s degree in the above with 2-3 years of experience
• Expert in Statistics and Data Analytics
• Comfortable dealing with large structured databases
• Can handle unstructured databases if needed
• At least one year of experience with any statistical software in a work environment (Python, MATLAB, SAS, STATA, R), in addition to strong knowledge of statistics acquired through university coursework
• Knowledge of machine learning methods and application to business a big plus, but not required
• Ability to think through data and modeling issues and offer pragmatic and viable solutions
• Comfortable writing and speaking in English

Will be a plus

• PHD
• Knowledge of insurance related data

What we offer

• Positive work environment - We are passionate about what we do, and offer you endless
• enthusiasm and positivity in your work environment. We provide a "can do "environment and
• encourage active problem solving when it comes to data and modeling issues.
• Exposure to the insurance business - Through your involvement in the project, you will get
• exposure to how the insurance industry incorporates data and models into their business
• decisions.
• You will be able to define your workload for a day and communicate your availability and set
• your own milestones.
• This is an hourly-based compensation role at a competitive rates with high schedule flexibility.