--- title: 'Senior Data Science Researcher at Honeycomb Insurance' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-science-researcher-honeycomb-insurance-tel-aviv-6smaaarqet5t' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Senior Data Science Researcher at Honeycomb Insurance - **Company:** Honeycomb Insurance - **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel - **Posted:** 2026-07-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/honeycombinsurance/jobs/4715073005 ## Job description Honeycomb Insurance At Honeycomb, we're not just building technology; we’re reshaping the future of insurance. In 2025, Honeycomb was recognized by Dun & Bradstreet as “[Top 10 Best Start Up Companies to Work For](https://www.duns100.co.il/en/rating/High_Tech/Best_Start_Up_Companies_to_work_for_Over_100_Employees)” in Israel, named by LinkedIn as “[Top 10 Startups in Chicago](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/honeycombinsurance_linkedin-top-startups-2025-the-10-companies-activity-7389324752848498688-OyDI/)”, and Newsweek’s "[Greatest Startup Workplaces in America, 2025](https://rankings.newsweek.com/americas-greatest-startup-workplaces-2025)". Through the first half of 2026 we’ve been recognized on Inc. Magazine’s "[Best Workplaces](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/honeycombinsurance_best-workplaces-2026-the-companies-unlocking-activity-7467578217680384001-eXF7/)" List and Forbes "[Fintech 50](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/honeycombinsurance_newcomers-to-the-fintech-50-2026-activity-7430317060871712768-Rdv6/)". How did we earn these honors? Honeycomb is a rapidly growing global startup, generously backed by top-tier investors and powered by an exceptional team of thinkers, builders, and problem-solvers. Dual-headquartered in Chicago and Tel Aviv (R&D center), and with 6 offices across the U.S., we are reinventing the commercial real estate insurance industry, an industry long overdue for disruption. Just as importantly, we ensure every employee feels deeply connected to our mission and one another. With over $100B in insured assets, Honeycomb operates across 23 states, covering more than 65% of the U.S. population and increasing its coverage. If you’re looking for a place where innovation is celebrated, culture actually means something, and smart people challenge you to be better every day - Honeycomb might be exactly what you’ve been looking for. - About The Role We are looking for a Senior Data Science Researcher to join Honeycomb's AI team, the team behind underwriting decisions, quote-time risk scoring, and portfolio analytics. In this role, you will own entire research directions: framing the problem, deciding what's worth measuring, designing the approach from first principles, and turning the result into production signal. The work is production-oriented applied research on hard, real-world datasets where standard recipes don't apply and the right method often has to be invented for the problem. ## What You'll Do - Own open-ended research directions end-to-end - from a vague business question to a deployed, validated signal. - Work across the team's core research areas — risk modeling, environmental and catastrophe modeling, and behavioral modeling - translating complex real-world processes into reliable predictive signal. - Deeply investigate existing production models - understand what they actually learn, where they break, and where the headroom is; identify and ship optimizations grounded in that understanding. - Design approaches from first principles when off-the-shelf methods don't fit the data. - Build rigorous evaluations and own the result in production, not just the notebook. - Document research clearly so findings are reproducible, auditable, and compound over time. ## Requirements - MSc. or PhD in Statistics, Applied Math, Physics, or a closely related quantitative field. - Real research experience - a track record of driving original investigations end-to-end (academic research, a research-heavy PhD, industry R&D, or equivalent), not only applied ML delivery. - Strong mathematical or statistical problem-solving instincts - able to model a messy real-world system from scratch, not just apply a library. - Production deployment experience: monitoring, CI/CD, data validation, reproducibility. - Ability to independently initiate, plan, and drive entire research directions. - Team player, positive, driven, independent, fast learner. Advantages - Depth in classical statistics, causal inference, or applied probability. - Deep learning experience. - Clean coding and repository-maintenance habits. ## About Honeycomb Insurance ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Honeycomb Insurance is a digital-first real estate insurance provider that uses AI and computer vision to offer instant, customized policies for condo associations, building owners, property managers, and developers. - **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Series B) - **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA (additional offices in Tel Aviv, New York, Austin, Denver, and Roseville) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Itai Ben-Zaken (Co-Founder & CEO), Nimrod Sadot (Co-Founder & CTO), Hillik Nissani (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: InsurTech / Real estate insurance - **Target customers**: B2B – Condominium associations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers; also serves retail agents and unit owners/tenants. - **Mission/purpose statement**: Bringing simplicity and transparency to real estate insurance. ## Products & Services - **Digital Insurance Platform**: A fully online experience offering instant quotes, policy customization, binders, and certificate downloads for commercial residential properties. Integrates AI-based inspection via the **Inspector App**, which allows property photos to be snapped and quotes generated in minutes without an in-person visit. - **Excess Liability Coverage**: Launched in 2025, an additional liability layer for property owners and associations. - **Expert Advisory**: Unlimited phone-based guidance from licensed insurance experts, combining self-service with human support. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding — $54.7 million (Seed: $3.3M in 2021; Series A: $15.4M in 2022 led by Ibex Investors; Series B: $36M in 2024 led by Zeev Ventures) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Zeev Ventures, Ibex Investors; rated “Excellent” by AM Best for financial strength. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 38.2% year-over-year to 179 employees (June 2025). Operating in 6 countries (US, Israel, Poland, Italy, UK, France). Expanded product line with Excess Liability offering. 19 active job postings as of mid-2025. ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary AI/Computer Vision**: The Inspector App automates property inspections, reducing turnaround time and cost (up to 40% savings reported). - **Digital-Native Experience**: Fully online quoting, binding, and policy management, replacing legacy fax/phone processes. - **Transparency**: Customers can see exactly where premiums go and customize policies in real time. - **Specialization**: Focus exclusively on real estate insurance, combining deep domain expertise with modern technology. ## Strategic Focus - Disrupting the traditional real estate insurance industry through technology and simplicity. - Expanding product lines (e.g., Excess Liability) and geographic footprint. - Scaling the tech and sales teams to capture market share. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “people-focused, tech-driven”; a team of insurance veterans, AI experts, and data scientists united by a mission to modernize an industry. - **Locations**: Offices in Chicago (HQ), Tel Aviv, New York, Austin, Denver, and Roseville, CA. Some roles offer remote flexibility (e.g., Midwest/East Coast remote for certain positions). - **Team Events**: Annual global offsite to foster real connection and alignment across offices. - **Growth Opportunity**: Rapidly scaling company with 38% headcount growth, active hiring across engineering, data science, sales, underwriting, product, and operations. - **Open Roles**: Senior AI Engineer, Senior Backend Developer, Data Scientists, Account Executives, Regional Sales Managers, Customer Success, and more. ## Sources 1. [Honeycomb Insurance Website](https://honeycombinsurance.com/) 2. [Honeycomb Insurance About Page](https://honeycombinsurance.com/about) 3. [Honeycomb Insurance Careers Page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/honeycombinsurance) 4. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/honeycombinsurance) ## Other roles at Honeycomb Insurance - [Senior Billing/ Accounts Receivable Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-billing-accounts-receivable-specialist-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-2wacy97j06xb) — Chicago, IL / New York, NY - [Business Operations Associate](https://feeny.ai/job/business-operations-associate-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-fwew4f0vxrhr) — Chicago, IL - [Senior Underwriter, Midwest](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-underwriter-midwest-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-5ftxattnfw71) — Chicago, IL - [Software Engineering Team Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineering-team-lead-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-nvpxjjcfq061) — Chicago, IL - [Associate Regional Sales Manager, Midwest](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-regional-sales-manager-midwest-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-3xnqa7xah7q5) — Chicago, IL - [Associate Regional Sales Manager, Northeast](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-regional-sales-manager-northeast-honeycomb-insurance-us-east-coast-fsnfphfcgzn5) — US East Coast - [Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-4rh7e3ac21qz) — Chicago, IL - [Associate Regional Sales Manager, Southeast](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-regional-sales-manager-southeast-honeycomb-insurance-us-east-coast-3ba8mypxe3e5) — US East Coast - [Senior Backend Developer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-developer-honeycomb-insurance-tel-aviv-pe6cq0as2shx) — Tel Aviv, Israel - [Senior Product Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-honeycomb-insurance-chicago-yasq1v9pjxxp) — Chicago, IL