Data Scientist
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Data Scientist applying machine learning and NLP in healthcare analytics. Collaborate with teams to refine predictive models and document processes for deployment.
Responsibilities:
- Build & Refine: Assist in building, testing, and refining predictive machine learning models and text-based Generative AI tools (utilizing Vertex AI and modern NLP frameworks) under the guidance of senior team members to address real-world clinical challenges.
- Process & Analyze: Extract, clean, and preprocess structured healthcare data (EHR, billing, and claims), performing feature engineering to address noise, missingness, and complex clinical data structures.
- Evaluate & Test: Conduct model evaluation, benchmarking, and error analysis, assessing performance metrics alongside clinical safety, fairness, and potential algorithmic bias.
- Collaborate & Learn: Work alongside senior data scientists and clinical mentors to translate broad clinical questions into structured analytics problems and actionable technical tasks.
- Document & Handoff: Write clean, well-documented code and maintain clear project documentation (in GitHub) to support model deployment and integration with MLOps pipelines.
Requirements:
- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
- Education: A Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Health Informatics, Statistics, or a related STEM field.
- Healthcare Domain Interest: Familiarity with or strong eagerness to learn healthcare data standards and clinical coding structures (e.g., ICD-10, CPT codes).
- Core Technical Skills: Solid foundational proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn), working knowledge of SQL (BigQuery/relational databases), and familiarity with version control tools like Git/GitHub.
- AI & NLP Exposure: Exposure to Large Language Model (LLM) concepts, prompt engineering, or modern NLP/GenAI frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face, LangChain, or Google Vertex AI) through coursework, research, internships, or projects.
- Communication & Curiosity: Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate technical findings clearly to both technical peers and clinical stakeholders.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
- Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
- Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
- Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
- Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
- Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more



















