LearnVest is redefining the American approach to personal finance. Our planners leverage financial technology to create simple, affordable, realistic plans for anyone who wants to feel confident about their money and optimistic about the future. 

Since launching in 2010, LearnVest has been one of the premier financial technology companies in the country, helping thousands of people make progress on their financial goals. LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 and is now scaling its technology and personal finance approach to help millions of people across both the LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual brands. 

Responsibilities:

• Through a clear understanding of the business, provide predictive modeling, data mining, pattern analysis, data visualization and machine learning solutions to address customer needs
• Utilize analytical skills to drive business insight and make data-driven solutions to tackle business problems. Help business manage costs, lower risk, improve quality, understand its products and create new opportunities. 
• Synthesize insights from analytics and modeling projects and present the results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide analytics expertise

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional experience with a proven track record of leveraging data science to drive significant business impact or to develop data/algorithm based products
• Professional experience and knowledge in Disability insurance industry is highly desired: in-depth understanding of the operations of Disability products and past experience working in a technical role supporting Disability Operations
• Programming experience with a scripting language such as Python, Perl, Java, or Ruby
• Proficiency with a statistical analysis tool such as R or SAS
• Machine learning experience
• Statistical knowledge and intuition - ideally utilized in A/B testing
• Experience with distributed databases and query languages like Hive, Spark, Scala, or Pig is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Econometrics or related field
• Strong time and project management skills, with the ability to manage detailed work and communicate project status effectively to all levels
• Always seeks ways to use their knowledge to make improvements on the job

Benefits:

• Fully stocked snacks, beer fridge, cold brew kegs, frequent catered lunches, company dodgeball team, and whiskey hours
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus
• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, Matching 401(k), pension program