by Ronald Barron | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Sr. Machine Learning Data Scientist
Location: Chicago, IL or Remote
Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI.
Who’s Clearcover?
Clearcover is the smarter car insurance company. We use powerful technology to offer everyday drivers better coverage for less money. We’re proud to be one of the fastest growing startups in Chicago, and we’re currently looking to add a few more extraordinary people to our team.
What is a Sr. ML Data Scientist at Clearcover?
Clearcover has an enormous range of opportunities around data science and machine learning ranging from marketing and acquisition, fraud detection, customer experience, and claims payment. As a Sr. ML Data Scientist, you will work closely and independently with our business partners, product teams, data engineers, and machine learning engineers to build and deploy machine learning and AI models to create and deliver real and measurable value for our customers. You will lead, coach, and mentor more junior data scientists while working independently on complex data science problems. We’re looking for someone curious and passionate about data and machine learning and using them to solve real world problems.
What will you do?
- Lead, coach, and mentor junior data scientists
- Review machine learning models and code
- Work with our product managers and business stakeholders to identify and scope the highest value data science problems
- Explore and understand our data and how they can feed production-grade machine learning models
- Proactively utilize data and business understanding for feature engineering
- Build, prototype, and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models to solve real business problems
- Communicate, interpret, and explain modeling output to stakeholders
- Measure value of the machine learning models we deploy
What do you need?
- 3+ years of professional experience working as a data scientist
- Experience mentoring, managing, or leading data scientists
- Experience reviewing others’ models and code
- Expertise in building and deploying machine learning models that have been adopted or implemented, and achieved measurable value
- Experience using the Python data science stack; including pandas, scikit-learn, NumPy, XGBoost, notebook environments, etc.
- Experience with Python, including object-oriented programming
- Knowledge of SQL, including Snowflake or similar systems
- Expertise with different types of machine learning techniques
- Strong conceptual understanding of machine learning applied to real-world data, including the ability to identify and articulate modeling and data issues
- Ability to work in and lead teams
- Ability to quickly learn and keep up with the latest ML and AI technology
- Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Nice to Haves?
- Experience working in insurance, marketing, or fraud
- An advanced degree
Did you know that women and minorities are less likely to apply to a position if they don’t match 100% of the job qualifications? Don’t let that be the reason you miss out on this opportunity! We encourage you to apply anyway. Don’t count yourself out!
But wait, there’s more:
As a people-first company, your health and well-being is a priority at Clearcover. We offer comprehensive benefits for individuals and families:
- Medical. We offer rich and affordable BCBS plans for you and your dependents. If you select the high deductible health plan, we offer an HRA and contribute to your HSA.
- Dental and vision. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents.
- Pre-tax benefits, disability, and life insurance.
- 401(k). We contribute 3%, even if you contribute nothing.
We’ve also curated a stack of perks and benefits that stretch beyond the expected. Our people have access to:
- Generous vacation, 12 paid holidays, and parental leave.
- Equity in the company (plus an evergreen plan) and an annual bonus program.
- Employee resource groups, live yoga, and mental health workshops.
- Top of the line hardware, snack stipends, and meeting free Focus Fridays .
We’re a remote first company, having paved the way for flexible work locations and continue to offer this flexibility. If you are local or in town visiting, you also have the choice to work from our Chicago HQ office.
Because we are a remote first company, we ask that your internet can keep up with our pace.
- Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI.
To top it all off, if Clearcover is available in your state, you could have access to an employee discount on auto-insurance!
Clearcover is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Lead Machine Learning Data Scientist
Location: Chicago, IL or Remote
Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI.
Who’s Clearcover?
Clearcover is the smarter car insurance company. We use powerful technology to offer everyday drivers better coverage for less money. We’re proud to be one of the fastest growing startups in Chicago, and we’re currently looking to add a few more extraordinary people to our team.
What is a Lead ML Data Scientist at Clearcover?
Clearcover has an enormous range of opportunities around data science and machine learning ranging from marketing and acquisition, fraud detection, customer experience, and claims payment. As a Lead ML Data Scientist, you will work closely and independently with our business partners, product teams, data engineers, and machine learning engineers to build and deploy machine learning and AI models to create and deliver real and measurable value for our customers. You will lead, coach, and mentor more junior data scientists while working independently on complex data science problems. We’re looking for someone curious and passionate about data and machine learning and using them to solve real world problems.
What will you do?
- Lead, coach, and mentor junior data scientists
- Review machine learning models and code
- Strategize with our product managers and business stakeholders to identify and scope the highest value data science problems
- Explore and understand our data and how they can feed production-grade machine learning models
- Proactively utilize data and business understanding for feature engineering
- Build, prototype, and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models to solve real business problems
- Communicate, interpret, and explain modeling output to stakeholders
- Measure value of the machine learning models we deploy
What do you need?
- 5+ years of professional experience working as a data scientist
- Experience mentoring, managing, or leading data scientists
- Experience reviewing others’ models and code
- Experience strategizing with key stakeholders and multiple business units
- Expertise in building and deploying machine learning models that have been adopted or implemented, and achieved measurable value
- Experience using the Python data science stack; including pandas, scikit-learn, NumPy, XGBoost, notebook environments, etc.
- Experience with Python, including object-oriented programming
- Knowledge of SQL, including Snowflake or similar systems
- Expertise with different types of machine learning techniques
- Strong conceptual understanding of machine learning applied to real-world data, including the ability to identify and articulate modeling and data issues
- Ability to work in and lead teams
- Ability to quickly learn and keep up with the latest ML and AI technology
- Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Nice to Haves?
- Experience working in insurance, marketing, or fraud
- An advanced degree
Did you know that women and minorities are less likely to apply to a position if they don’t match 100% of the job qualifications? Don’t let that be the reason you miss out on this opportunity! We encourage you to apply anyway. Don’t count yourself out!
But wait, there’s more:
As a people-first company, your health and well-being is a priority at Clearcover. We offer comprehensive benefits for individuals and families:
- Medical. We offer rich and affordable BCBS plans for you and your dependents. If you select the high deductible health plan, we offer an HRA and contribute to your HSA.
- Dental and vision. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents.
- Pre-tax benefits, disability, and life insurance.
- 401(k). We contribute 3%, even if you contribute nothing.
We’ve also curated a stack of perks and benefits that stretch beyond the expected. Our people have access to:
- Generous vacation, 12 paid holidays, and parental leave.
- Equity in the company (plus an evergreen plan) and an annual bonus program.
- Employee resource groups, live yoga, and mental health workshops.
- Top of the line hardware, snack stipends, and meeting free Focus Fridays .
We’re a remote first company, having paved the way for flexible work locations and continue to offer this flexibility. If you are local or in town visiting, you also have the choice to work from our Chicago HQ office.
Because we are a remote first company, we ask that your internet can keep up with our pace.
- Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI.
To top it all off, if Clearcover is available in your state, you could have access to an employee discount on auto-insurance!
Clearcover is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.
APPLY HERE
by Ronald Barron | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Science Project Manager
locations
6314 Remote/Teleworker US
time type
Full time
job requisition id
R-00104358
Job Description:
This is a Project Management position, reporting to the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC) Projects, Planning and Integration (PPI) Projects Management Manager and actively supports the Science and Technical Project Services (S&TPS) Manager. The Project Manager will be executing various projects on the Leidos ASC program which supports the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF is responsible for the operations and redevelopment of three geographically remote research stations in Antarctica. The Project Managers are responsible for managing projects from project initiation/science event planning through execution and close out. They lead teams that perform science planning though implementation, laboratory management and safety, technical diving, and laboratory instrument repair and coordinate service support and infrastructure improvement projects. They are the key point of contact for the NSF Planning Manager and Activity Based Managers for all science activities. They ensure performance by developing and utilizing metrics to track science activity progress and support throughout the project cycle as well as manage risk and opportunities.
About the Antarctic Support Contract:
Leidos Antarctic Support Contract (ASC) is the prime contractor to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). Leidos supports the NSF’s Office of Polar Program’s Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics by aligning with their Mission and Vision Statements:
- Vision: Expanding our scientific reach in Antarctica through increased operational and logistical effectiveness.
- Mission: To provide the operational and logistical platform necessary for the U.S. to conduct world-class science in Antarctica and maintain its active and influential presence on the continent.
Leidos ASC provides science and logistics support for approximately 150 science and technical events across three geographically remote research stations; McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and South Pole Station and several deep field sites across Antarctica. Each station or field site supports world class research across multiple science disciplines. The planning and implementation of science support requirements in Antarctica is a critical part of our mission.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead project teams to deliver complex multi-year science projects and field installations within budget, schedule and conformance with design documents and governance documents.
- Analyze proposals for operational and logistics requirements with the NSF Program Managers.
- Facilitate coordination with between multiple organizations including science community, ASC, NSF, military and international partners.
- Collaborate with Grantees to provide science planning logistical requirements and developing planning documents including cost estimates.
- Coordinating with all ASC departments including Facilities, Operations, Construction, Transportation & Logistics, Engineering, Estimating, Scheduling, Procurement, Finance and Accounting to achieve an integrated team approach in planning and executing Science events and projects.
- Develop project acquisition strategies with the project team and subcontracting department.
- Develop logistics plans that allow contractors and Science teams to complete their work in a coordinated, efficient manner.
- Manage the subcontract team to ensure compliance with the subcontract terms and conditions and performance baseline commitments.
- Review and approve all major purchase orders, change orders and contractor/vendor requisitions as prepared by the project staff.
- Establish regularly scheduled meetings to review the following: Science plans, equipment/material lead times and required on-site dates, manpower projections vis-a-vis the project schedule, quality/performance issues on and off site.
- Review and approve all project forecasts, schedules, cost estimates, financial reports.
- Ensure that the customer is apprised of all deviations from the project baseline data (i.e., original schedule, budget, etc.) and obtain approval for deviations.
- Attend monthly project/client meetings to review project progress and issues. Present project data including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) specifics, schedule trending analysis and critical path analysis assessment.
- Obtain client’s acceptance of the work and sign-off for the completed project. Responsible for the preparation and submission of the final project report, and prompt closeout of the subcontracts.
- Develop, maintain and utilize a project risk register.
- Develop contingency planning scenarios to recover performance baseline (cost, schedule and scope) to ensure delivery on commitments in the contract/subcontract.
- Developing, presenting, and obtaining approvals of Mission Needs Statements, Functional Operational and Requirements documents, Analysis of Alternatives and Project Execution Plans as required.
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 8 years of Science related Project Management experience.
- Demonstration of successful project execution that includes multiple external and internal customers.
- Demonstrated utilization of risk management and tools in project execution.
- Must be articulate and able to communicate with multiple levels of clients and stakeholders.
- Must have current working knowledge of science industry standards and certifications.
- Must have demonstrated experience maintaining cost and schedule performance using earned value methodologies.
- May require deployment to Antarctica.
- Typically requires a BA/BS or equivalent experience and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years or prior relevant experience. Generally has 6+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managing various types of contracts for subcontractors including, but not limited to, Fixed Price, Time and Materials, Design Build, Incentive Based.
- Experience with managing and executing government projects.
- Project Management Institute certification.
- Remote and/or extreme environment construction experience is preferred, but not required.
This position requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.
Deployment for this position is unlikely and typically voluntary, but may be requested for this position.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $84,500.00 – $130,000.00 – $175,500.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
UMB Product Manager – Payments/Finance
locations
USA Remote
time type
Full time
job requisition id
REQ_36280
Business Unit:
Cubic Transportation Systems
Company Details:
Cubic offers an opportunity to provide innovative technology for government and commercial customers around the globe, helping to solve their future problems today. We’re the leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide, and the leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the U.S. and allied nations. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in an innovative environment, we want to talk to you about your next role at Cubic! We are seeking employees inspired by technology, and motivated by the rewards of hard work, commitment, teamwork, quality, integrity, and respect. We invite you to explore opportunities with Cubic.
Job Details:
Job Summary:
Center of all stakeholders of the product development ecosystem. The product manager is responsible for managing the product, setting targets, work priorities, participating in squad development, go-to-market activities and driving the team through sprint planning and release scheduling. Is a product visionary, customer ambassador and team leader. Directs a comprehensive product strategy from product conception and definition through end of life. Drives the creation, development and delivery of products within the Enterprise Software Solutions product family. Performs ongoing market research, reviews customer satisfaction, works with development teams and measures product success. Formulates and executes long-term plans in line with company strategy and P&L targets. Is responsible for leading and influencing development teams to ensure product goals are met without being directly responsible for those resources. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the squad. This position works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.
This position will work under the direction of the overall Product Management Director for Enterprise Software, and will specifically focus on the Payments space. The focus for this area will be to ensure that all money moving in and out of the fare collection system is fully accounted for and reconciled. This position will be responsible for the overall payments strategy and execution for enterprise software including Credit/Debit/ACH/Check/Cash payment methods as well as identifying future payment instruments that would add value to the system overall.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for planning and execution of product lines throughout their lifecycle including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining product vision and working closely with management, development teams, engineering, sales, marketing, and other support groups to ensure revenue, profit and customer expectations are met.
- Develops product vision and synchronizes with tribe leads/product owners responsible for related products
- Define product requirements making sure they are complete, integral and consistent and the sole source of requirements for the squad; develop and manage a product roadmap with the discipline of consistent sized features on the roadmap
- Work closely with upper management to develop long term product development and sales strategies for the company.
- Understand, articulate, and capture customer market problems and then translate them into requirements for product development teams
- Make sure the squad correctly understands the requirements and features to be developed
- Accept sprint results at demonstration and contribute to squad product development via building of squads backlog in terms of user stories, prioritizing items to achieve business goals, and continuously keeping the backlog up to date
- Interact and synchronize with other product owners/managers to implement cross-squad activities and to smooth communication between cross-squads
- Working with Product Marketing, provide sales and business development teams with marketing strategy and guidance for selling, promoting products, and meeting customer needs.
- Monitor and analyze market trends and competitors to make sure product lines stay competitive and fulfill customer needs.
- Key contributor in coordinating quote and proposal activities through business development and contracts to meet customer needs.
- Create the core value proposition, revenue models and projections
- Educates sales and other teams with unique marketing/selling messages
- Develops investment plans for each product so that products will be up to date and meet all market driven and customer requirements.
- Serves as expert with respect to the customer and competitive environment.
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Four-year college degree, or equivalent, in product line, business or program leadership fields
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including 3-4 years’ experience working as a product manager or equivalent technical leadership positions.
- Ability to communicate effectively in multiple business areas (e.g. marketing, sales, finance, operations, technology).
- Must have experience in launching products B2B markets and evolving these into viable company revenue streams
- Excellent teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated experience in creating product specifications, gathering customer requirements, performing competitive analysis and/or market research.
- Able to make decisions independently and manage indirect teams.
- Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the payments space, including working with at least one of the major card brands.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial accounting as it may be applied to a fare collection system
- Understand the demands to maintain PCI compliant product development, delivery and operations.
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Remote Job: YouTube Video Creator for Established Online Education Company
Do you have experience learning or teaching languages?
Do you enjoy being in front of the camera to help people learn?
Are you looking for consistent and reliable work in a low-stress environment?
This job might be for you if you:
- Have experience making YouTube videos
- Speak English fluently
- Speak a language other than English fluently (we are especially interested in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Portuguese)
- Have experience teaching and/or learning a language
- Enjoy recording your voice and going on camera
- Like exercising your creativity & working in a forward-thinking environment
- Enjoy working on collaborative projects
- Value being able to set your own hours and work from home
- Are looking for a dependable, reliable stream of work
- Are comfortable with a fast-changing environment (we experiment a lot, so our processes change from time to time)
You should NOT take this job if you:
- Are uncomfortable with the idea of being recorded or going on camera
- Have a strong need/desire for in-person social interaction at work
- Like following instructions and being told what to do
- Are not comfortable in a fast-changing environment
- Have no interest in educational content
Hiring deadline: Ongoing
ABOUT US
Founded in 2011, FluentU is an online education company that has been distributed/remote since day one. We help people learn languages with real-world videos, including movie trailers, music videos, news and inspiring talks. We have a popular website, iOS app, and Android app. We’re a profitable, stable, and growing company with long-term focus, and we’re proudly self-funded.
We get millions of visitors per month on our website and have hundreds of thousands of people on our email list.
This is a unique opportunity to be at the ground floor of our YouTube video strategy, which is still in the early stages.
WHAT THIS JOB IS ABOUT
We’re looking for a video creator for one of FluentU’s YouTube channels.
You would help us make and improve on YouTube videos like the following:
- Learn Spanish with Friends – Ross’s Unagi
- 10 Powerful Websites for Advanced French Learners
The day to day activities would include:
- Coming up with video ideas
- Scripting video content
- Performing and filming the script
- Receive feedback on video performance from the team and adapting accordingly
- Providing feedback to video editors
HOW WE WORK
We’re a 100% distributed/remote team. Here’s a little bit more about how we work:
- Almost all of our communication is text-based (mostly via Asana) and we value clear communication (https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/communication-guidelines), among other things (https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/mission-and-operating-principles).
- Most things are not urgent. We take pride in having a calm work environment.
- We also have a flat collaborative environment.
- We make decisions based on logic/reason.
- We believe in getting things done, candor, and continuous improvement.
Our ideal candidate:
- enjoys being on camera
- receives candid feedback with humbleness and a beginner’s/growth mindset
- is scrappy and happy to get their hands dirty when necessary
- understands pedagogy and how to make educational videos
- is comfortable with change and loves experimentation
- is looking for a meaningful mission and wants to create something great.
- is able to work a minimum of 25 hours per week (pay is hourly: https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/why-we-have-hourly-pay-and-how-it-works-in-practice) and is looking for something long-term.
We’re very much looking forward to hearing from you!
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