Senior Applied Research Scientist

GEICO

Senior Research Scientist at GEICO leading AI/ML initiatives and driving solutions for complex problems. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business impact.

Posted 4/11/2026full-timeChevy Chase • California, Maryland, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchScikit-LearnSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design and delivery of ML and GenAI solutions for complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems.
Define success metrics, validation plans, and pathways to production.
Partner with product, engineering, and domain experts to translate business needs into feasible technical roadmaps.
Design online experiments and quasi-experimental analyses; instrument and monitor business KPIs.
Mentor junior scientists and engineers, share best practices, and cultivate a high bar for scientific rigor, coding standards, and reproducibility.
Communicate approach, trade-offs, and results to technical and non-technical audiences; provide realistic estimates and influence decision-making across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience developing, deploying, and operating AI/ML models in production.
Strong proficiency in Python, data processing, and SQL, and in AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch and Scikit-learn.
Experience designing online experiments and conducting causal analyses; demonstrated ability to define, instrument, and monitor business KPIs.
Proven experience leading end-to-end AI/ML initiatives and partnering cross-functionally with product and engineering.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Machine LearningGenAIPythonSQLPyTorchScikit-learndata processingcausal analysesbusiness KPIsAI/ML models

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationinfluencing decision-makingcollaborationscientific rigorcoding standardsreproducibilityproblem-solvingcross-functional partnershipbest practices

Certifications

Master’s degreePhD