Senior Data Scientist

Key Skills

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud-EC2, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), AWS, AWS Sagemaker, Databricks, MLflow, MLOps tools, NoSQL, Python Programming, RDBMS, Snowflake, Spark Core, SQL

Job Description

Transcarent is the One Place for health and care. We cut through the complexity, making it easy for people to access high-quality, affordable care. With a personalized app tailored for each Member, an on-demand care team, and a connected ecosystem of high-quality, in-person care and virtual point solutions, Transcarent eliminates the guesswork to confidently guide Members to the right level of care. We take accountability for results – offering at-risk pricing models and transparent impact reporting to align incentives towards measurably better experience, better health, and lower costs. At Transcarent, you will be part of a world-class team, supported by top tier investors like 7wireVentures and General Catalyst, and founded by a mission-driven team committed to transforming the health and care experience for all. We closed on our Series C funding in January 2022, raising our total funding to $298 million and enabling us to respond to the demand for our offering. 

Transcarent is committed to growing and empowering a diverse and inclusive community within our company. We believe that a team with diverse lived experiences, working together will strengthen our organization, and our ability to deliver not just better but different experiences for our members. 

We are looking for teammates to join us in building our company, culture, and Member experience who: 

• Put people first, and make decisions with the Member’s best interests in mind
• Are active learners, constantly looking to improve and grow
• Are driven by our mission to measurably improve health and care each day
• Bring the energy needed to transform health and care, and move and adapt rapidly
• Are laser focused on delivering results for Members, and proactively problem solving to get there

What you'll do

The Senior Data Scientist will report to the Head of Data Science and work with other data scientist, medical coding specialists, solutions managers and digital marketing specialists. The Senior Data Scientist will be responsible for researching, creating and deploying machine learning algorithms used to identify and prioritize needs for various medical services and optimize outreach efforts to increase member engagement and utilization of medically appropriate services while decreasing churn and costs of acquisition.

The Senior Data Scientist should have familiarity and experience with medical codes including ICD-10, CPT, PCS, PII and PHI, in addition to non-medical data including SDoH, and digital marketing data. The Senior Data Scientist will also work with the Data Engineering and Product teams to develop robust pipelines for data acquisition and model deployment.

A successful candidate in this role will serve as an advocate for data science across the organization, helping business leaders understand data science capabilities, identify new use cases and promote a data-centric, evidence-based culture across the entire company. They will serve a key role within the Data Science organization, modeling best practices in agile project management, code development, review, testing, deployment and monitoring.

What we're looking for

• Strong focus on data-driven decision-making
• Ability to work with stakeholders to translate business needs into data science questions
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to identify new opportunities and methods
• Expert in Python and machine learning libraries including sklearn and tensorflow
• Strong experience in successfully deploying supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning models to production
• Expert in SQL and RDBMS best practices such as normalization
• Experience with no-SQL and semi-structured data
• Familiarity with MLOps frameworks
• Experience with data science platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Sagemaker, MLFlow, AWS EC2, S3 and Spark
• Expert in statistical techniques including hypothesis testing, experiment design and online learning
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to present information, write reports, and correspond with leaders, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Proficiency with GitHub and code versioning in production-based environments.
• Experience with healthcare data

As a remote position, the salary range for this role is:

$130,000—$150,000 USD

Total Rewards

Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal equity. 

Salary is just one component of Transcarent's total package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock options. 

Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to: 

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match
• Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, 12 paid holidays
• Protection Plans including Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Wellness benefits

Location 

You must be authorized to work in the United States. Depending on the position we may have a preference to a specific location, but are generally open to remote work anywhere in the US. 

Transcarent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out! 

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current health and care with their unique experiences.