Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Contract: 6 January to 30 June 2027 + potential to extend

Location: Brisbane on site

The Role

Our client is midway through a multi-year Data & Analytics uplift programme and are looking for a Data Scientist to help change how claims management decisions are supported.

You'll combine structured claims data with unstructured claim documentation to build analytical models, ML solutions and decision-support tools. Your work will help claims officers make more consistent, evidence-based decisions across a large and diverse insurance portfolio.

What you'll be doing

• Identifying patterns and trends across claims and uncovering emerging risks
• Predicting claim outcomes, claim duration, legal costs and reserve adequacy
• Flagging complex, high-risk or high-cost claims earlier
• Applying statistical, ML and NLP techniques to deliver tangible business value
• Working closely with claims specialists, data professionals and business leaders
• Contributing to a programme that includes GenAI (RAG, embeddings, document intelligence) and lays the foundation for graph and vector-based architectures

What you'll bring

Essential

• Demonstrated experience applying machine learning to large, complex datasets to deliver measurable business outcomes
• Strong statistical and predictive modelling skills: classification and regression, time-series analysis, clustering and segmentation, anomaly detection, and model evaluation and validation
• Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, Python and SQL
• Experience delivering AI/ML solutions through CI/CD processes
• Experience monitoring the cost, latency and reliability of AI/ML features and optimising solutions in production

Desirable

• NLP and text analytics experience, including topic modelling, text classification and large-scale unstructured data analysis
• Experience in a public sector, insurance or other highly regulated environment
• A university degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field

Why this role

• Meaningful work with real impact on how claims are managed across Queensland Government agencies
• A chance to shape a data and AI programme as it moves into advanced analytics and GenAI
• A short, focused engagement with clear deliverables

How to apply

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