Data Scientist

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving force that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, challenging ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference working in everything from scrubs to jeans.

Are we growing? Absolutely and Globally. In 2021 we grew our teams by almost 50% and continue to grow even more in 2022. Are we recognized as a company you are supported by for your career and growth, and a great place to work? Definitely. Evolent Health International (Pune, India) has been certified as “Great Places to Work” in 2021. In 2020 and 2021 Evolent in the U.S. was both named Best Company for Women to Advance list by Parity.org and earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This index is the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Data Scientist to join our team. The ideal candidate should have 2 to 3 years of experience and a strong background in US healthcare. As a Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights from complex data sets, driving data-driven decision-making, and contributing to the development of innovative healthcare solutions. The position is REMOTE.

Responsibilities

• Data Exploration and Cleaning:
  • Gather data from various internal and external sources related to healthcare
  • Clean, preprocess, and transform raw data into usable formats
  • Ensure data quality and accuracy
• Statistical Analysis and Modeling:
  • Apply statistical techniques to analyze healthcare data
  • Develop predictive models, machine learning algorithms, and statistical models.
  • Identify patterns, trends, and correlations within healthcare data
• Healthcare Domain Knowledge:
  • Understand healthcare processes, terminology, and industry-specific challenges.
  • Collaborate with domain experts to translate business requirements into data science solutions
• Proof of Concepts (POCs) and Rapid Prototyping:
  • Rapidly prototype and develop POCs to validate hypotheses, explore ideas, and summarize results in a visually compelling fashion
  • Evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of data-driven solutions. Estimate level of effort for end-to-end development and integration of a new solution
• Implementation and Deployment:
  • Collaborate with software engineers, project managers, and product teams to implement data science solutions into healthcare products within set timelines
  • Ensure seamless integration of pipelines, models, and algorithms into production systems
• Communication and Visualization:
  • Present findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Create clear and compelling visualizations to communicate complex results
• Cloud-Based Intelligence Services:
  • Familiarity with cloud-based services and components for data storage, processing, and analytics
  • Experience with platforms such as AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure, or Google Cloud

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related technical field
• Experience: 2 to 3 years of hands-on experience in data science, preferably in the healthcare domain
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Understanding of different algorithms and data structures, including performance/scalability considerations
  • Strong statistical analysis skills
  • Experience with machine learning libraries, including cloud-based solutions (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML)
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Matplotlib, PowerBI)
• Soft Skills:
  • Strong work ethic and excellent problem-solving abilities
  • Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Reliability, adaptability, and willingness to learn new techniques and tools

Mandatory Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.

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Evolent Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.