R&D Data Scientist - Intern
Descartes Underwriting
- Paris, France
- Internship
- Intern/New Grad
- Posted
Skills
Required
- machine learning
- physical/statistical climate models
Join Descartes Underwriting, a corporate insurance group focused on building resilience in a world at risk. As an R&D Data Scientist Intern, you will bridge the gap between academic research and real-world industrial application, working on innovative models that shape how we assess and price risks. This is a unique opportunity to discover the insurance industry and emerging risks while collaborating with various teams.
About Descartes Underwriting
Collaborate with Underwriting and Software teams to transition successful experimental models into production-ready pricing tools.
Responsibilities
- Translate open-research problems into valuable business assets by exploring recent scientific literature, implementing, benchmarking, and improving state-of-the-art machine learning methods and physical/statistical climate models.
- Leverage large-scale climate datasets to develop and evaluate new innovative models quantifying natural perils (wildfires, hail, floods, tropical cyclones, etc).