Data Scientist (w/m/d), 80-100%, Zürich / hybrid

What you move:

With passion and team spirit, we work on innovative solutions that protect against the consequences of illness and accidents, making our customers' lives easier.
Together with a dedicated team, you will be the central point of contact for machine learning projects across Sanitas. You are fascinated by the possibilities of using data in practice and feel responsible for ensuring that this creates real benefits for customers. Through your broad experience and active participation in the implementation of value-creating practical applications, you will successfully manage projects together with competent IT and specialist partners – end-to-end, from conception and integration to professional production.

• Development of machine learning models, conducting quantitative analyses, and creating the necessary foundations together with the data engineering team
• Management and support of data science projects for various departments
• Ensuring the operationalization, comprehensive integration, success measurement & further development of machine learning models (MLOps)
• Identification and proactive advancement of new use cases, evaluation and testing of new technologies such as GenAI and further development of the overarching data science strategy
• Active stakeholder management as well as visualization and communication of results within the team, to stakeholders and management

Why you succeed:

• In addition to a university degree with a scientific or technical focus, you also have several years of professional experience in the field of data science and are proficient in Python and SQL
• You have good knowledge of classical and modern machine learning algorithms (e.g. gradient boosting and transformer models), can also use these methods optimally, are very familiar with the common cloud platforms (GCP is a plus) and already have experience with data pipelines and MLOps
• Your experience in projects in an agile environment as well as your strong communication skills allow you to manage data science projects in interdisciplinary teams in a prudent and pragmatic manner
• You feel personally responsible for our data applications and their added value and ensure close coordination with stakeholders, professional implementation according to the latest standards and meaningful integration into our IT landscape
• You communicate fluently in German, both verbally and in writing; any additional language is a plus

What you can count on:

With over 850,000 satisfied customers, Sanitas is one of the largest health insurers in Switzerland. You can further develop your skills in a modern and flexible work environment.

• Flexible annual working time model with at least 5 weeks of vacation
• Modern offices in urban locations
• Generous regulations for working from home
• Participation in the health insurance package
• Contributions to the pension fund significantly above the legal minimum
• Forward-looking questions and a wide range of training and further education

Simply apply

At Sanitas, we're all on first-name terms. We'd like to maintain this culture throughout your application process.
When applying, please only upload your CV and references. Instead of a cover letter, we look forward to receiving your answers to our online application tool. The start date is by arrangement.
We intend to fill this position without the support of external recruitment agencies.