Leadway Assurance Company Limited was founded in 1970. Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, (KJW, D.Sc., FCIIN).It has a chequered history of being a company with close attention to relationships, having started operations as a direct motor insurance company. Soon the relationship developed to a stage where it has established a deep relationship with the brokers’ network in Nigeria, enjoying 80% of its current business from this source. The pivotal point at Leadway is "the customer” and the company has enjoyed a steady growth in its commitment to providing integrated insurance and financial services to its numerous customers. The Company’s remarkable success has been possible because of its sound professional and business standards backed by the uncompromising level of integrity of its Directors. An uncompromising level of integrity of service is a tradition imbibed at LEADWAY and instilled by its late founder, Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, KJW, D.Sc, FCIIN (1926-1999). As an astute and honest businessman the founding Managing Director and later Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sir Odukale nurtured the Company to an enviable position in the Nigerian insurance industry. His vision of dedicated service to all customers remains a guiding principle that shapes the policies of the company. LEADWAY is a private company with 42 shareholders, 14 of which are corporate investors, and 2 Trust Corporations.
Role Overview
- We are a leading insurance organization developing next-generation line of business applications for General, Life and Health Insurance.
- As the Senior AI/ML specialist, you will design and deploy AI/ML models focused on use cases such as underwriting risk, fraud detection, and advanced analytics within a multi-tenant SaaS platform.
- Collaborating with the Data Engineer, you will build end-to-end pipelines—from data ingestion to model deployment—supporting real-time dashboards and analytics for multiple insurance clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Model Development: Research, build, and optimize ML models for underwriting risk evaluation, claims trends fraud detection and other use cases as communicated.
- Data Collaboration: Work with the Data Engineer to ensure high-quality, partitioned data pipelines for multi-tenant analytics.
- Integration & Deployment: Implement models into microservices architecture (in .NET/Node.js), ensuring minimal latency and scalability.
- Regulatory Alignment: Incorporate IFRS 17, NDPR, and NIST security considerations into AI/ML solutions.
- Continuous Optimization: Monitor model performance post-deployment, iterating to improve accuracy and speed.
Technical Requirements
- High proficiency in Semantic Kernel, and ML.NET
- Intermediate proficiency in Azure AI Foundry Senior UX Designer – Core Insurance System (SaaS)
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in data science, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Expertise in Python ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and cloud-based ML pipelines.
Experience
- 5+ years in enterprise AI/ML roles, delivering production-grade solutions.
- Familiarity with insurance or financial data modeling is highly advantageous.
Other Skills & Competencies
- Strong problem-solving and statistical analysis skills.
- Collaborative approach to working in cross-functional sprints.
- Effective communication to explain complex ML concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- On-site availability and willingness to align with sprint cycles.
Method of Application
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