Established in 1966, the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) is working to make all aspects of insurance easier and more effective for consumers, agents and insurance companies in Singapore.
As a Trade Association, GIA's role is to be active in the business community representing the interests of its member companies. GIA helps identify emerging trends and responds to issues affecting the General Insurance industry. It seeks to promote the overall growth and development of the General Insurance sector in Singapore.
GIA encompasses all non-life insurance companies transacting business in Singapore. We are also constantly in the process of improving and achieving our mission and structure to ensure that it continues to meet the business needs of its member companies.
As a Data Scientist (Intern), you will be attached to an innovation center focused on disrupting the traditional insurance model and diversifying into new products and sectors including the Connected Home, Sharing Economy, Next-Gen Vehicles, Modern Aging, and Cyber Security. You will also support research and development efforts in a diverse set of challenges as we rapidly prototype and build new insurance products.
About the job:
- Translate product ideas into well-posed data science challenges, and solve them
- Find new markets and novel applications for our core internal data
- Design and deploy Machine Learning (ML) systems backing our products
- Translate and champion our ML capabilities for non-technical audiences
- Participate in the broader ML community to stay current with the latest techniques and software
Desired skills:
- Extensive experience analyzing data and a broad understanding of core statistical and ML techniques
- Expertise with Python, Java, C, or similar language, along with standard machine learning libraries
- Computer science background, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical staff to translate concepts and algorithms into working prototypes
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with significant uncertainty
- Possess strong analytical, strategic, project management, decision-making and problem-solving skills
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General Insurance Association of Singapore - Designation:
Intern - Data Scientist - Profession:
IT / Information Technology - Industry:
Finance