How to apply for Quantitative Economic Modeler - Contractor

About Jupiter Intelligence

Jupiter Intelligence is the global market leader in analytics for resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management. The company models the physical and economic impacts of hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, and drought. Its Jupiter Promise initiative provides services to under-resourced countries and communities.

About the role

This is a contract role in Jupiter's Product organization, building the risk engine behind its economic modeling. You will work directly with the Principal PM for Economic & Financial Modeling. The work supports enterprise climate risk management and resilience planning.

A typical day

You will work with the Principal PM for Economic & Financial Modeling to define and refine the economic risk engine. Most days involve building or reviewing quantitative models, checking hazard data inputs, and translating model results into product requirements. You may also coordinate with other teams in the Product organization to integrate the risk engine into Jupiter's analytics platform.

Who Jupiter Intelligence is looking for

• Strong quantitative economic modeling skills, including econometric or structural modeling of climate or disaster risk.
• Experience translating model outputs into a production risk engine or analytics product, not just research papers.
• Comfortable working with climate hazard data such as hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, or drought.
• Able to work as a contractor in the USA and collaborate directly with a principal product manager.

Tips for this application

• Mirror the job title in your resume summary: quantitative economic modeler with climate risk modeling experience.
• Name specific hazards you have modeled, such as hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, or drought.
• Describe your role in building a risk engine or production analytics system, not only academic modeling.
• Mention any experience with resilience planning, enterprise climate risk, or economic impact estimation.
• Address the contract nature of the role directly and state your availability as a USA-based contractor.

What to cover in your cover letter

Explain how you have built or contributed to an economic risk model for climate hazards. Describe your working relationship with product managers or cross-functional teams. Show familiarity with Jupiter's focus on resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management. State why you want to support the Jupiter Promise initiative through your expertise.

Research before applying

• Read Jupiter Intelligence's public materials on its climate risk modeling solutions and the hazards it covers.
• Learn what the Jupiter Promise initiative does for under-resourced countries and communities.
• Review the backgrounds of Jupiter's leadership in data, climate, earth and ocean sciences, technology, and risk management.
• Find any public talks or posts by the Principal PM for Economic & Financial Modeling.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How would you model the economic impact of a hurricane, flood, or heat wave on homes, businesses, or infrastructure?
• Describe a time you turned a quantitative economic model into a production risk engine.
• How do you handle uncertainty in climate hazard data when building economic models?
• How would you work with the Principal PM for Economic & Financial Modeling to define requirements?
• What economic modeling methods do you use for resilience planning or catastrophic risk estimation?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying with a generic data science resume that does not mention economic modeling or climate risk.
• Ignoring the contract nature of the role or failing to confirm USA work eligibility.
• Focusing only on academic research without showing how your models support a product or risk engine.