Senior Healthcare Data Scientist – Medicare/Medicaid

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist with analytical activities related to data science, machine learning, and generative-AI initiatives.

• Examine Medicare and Medicaid claims data utilizing statistical techniques and both supervised and unsupervised learning methods.

• Aid in the development of components for generative-AI solutions, which include prompt pipelines, basic agents, embedding workflows, and retrieval-augmented systems.

• Participate in predictive modeling, anomaly detection, and program integrity analysis.

• Create and manage clean datasets using Python and SQL tools.

• Develop visualizations that illustrate trends, patterns, and insights from models.

• Record work processes and share findings with team members and stakeholders.

• Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant analytical or technical field, such as Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or Applied Mathematics.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Data Science.

• At least 2 years of experience in performing advanced analyses of Medicare and/or Medicaid data.

• Proven experience in data analysis, ideally within healthcare or claims data.

• Proficiency in Python or R for data analysis and machine learning.

• Familiarity with libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, or Seaborn.

• Exposure to generative AI or contemporary machine learning frameworks, including Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, embeddings, or vector databases.

• Knowledge of SQL and cloud data technologies like Databricks, Snowflake, or Spark is advantageous.

• A solid understanding of fundamental statistics and basic machine learning concepts, including feature engineering, train/test splits, and evaluation metrics.

• Capability to create and interpret data visualizations.

• NACI (T1) public trust requirement is necessary.

• Travel is limited to less than 10%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for medical plans, some including Health Savings Accounts.

• Choices for dental plans.

• Vision plan availability.

• 401(k) plan featuring pre-tax and post-tax contributions along with company matching.

• Flexible work weeks whenever feasible.

• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, personal leave, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty.

• Generally, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year.

• 10 paid holidays each year.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave available in a rolling 12-month period for qualified employees.

• Benefits for both short- and long-term disability.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Insurance for accidental death and dismemberment.

• Personal accident insurance options.

• Critical illness insurance coverage.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• Opportunities for remote work or telecommuting.