Job Title : Data Scientist (Healthcare)
Location : REMOTE
Type : Contract / Full-time W2 Only
Overview :
Hands-on data scientist role solving healthcare / insurance problems with machine learning, cloud platforms, and modern analytics to drive measurable business impact.
Key Responsibilities :
- Partner with stakeholders to define measurable use cases (risk, churn, fraud, utilization, etc.).
- Wrangle, cleanse, and engineer healthcare data (claims, eligibility, EMR, utilization).
- Build, evaluate, and deploy models (regression, classification, trees / GBMs, clustering, time series).
- Productionize models with data / MLOps teams (pipelines, packaging, monitoring, drift / decay).
- Deliver clear analyses, dashboards, and executive-ready presentations.
- Ensure compliance (HIPAA / PHI) and reproducibility (git, notebooks, experiment tracking).
- Contribute to LLM initiatives (prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, AI workflow automation).
Requirements :
6 8 years hands-on data science experience with proven business impact.Strong SQL and proficiency in Python or R.Experience with Big Data tools (Spark / Hive / HDFS or equivalent).Practical ML expertise : regression, classification, clustering, tree ensembles (XGBoost / LightGBM).Familiarity with cloud ML platforms (Databricks, Azure ML, Vertex AI).Exposure to LLMs, fine-tuning, and agentic AI.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.BS / MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, or related field.Healthcare payer / provider experience a strong plus.Tools You'll Use :
Python / R, SQL, Spark / Databricks, Azure ML / Vertex AI, MLflow, Git / GitHub, Jupyter / Databricks notebooks, Power BI / Tableau, Azure / GCP services.
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