Data Scientist III - Remote

Overview

Sift Healthcare is seeking a Data Scientist III to join our growing data science team. This hire will work with our data science team leaders and internal technology teams to support and enhance Sift’s current machine learning and advanced analytics, specifically focusing on the healthcare revenue cycle.

In Short

• Act as a key contributor to the development of Sift’s current RevCollect Denials Prioritization ML products and pipelines
• Operationalize ML for client launches
• Develop ML pipelines for new product features
• Enhance ML through attribute ideation and creation
• Investigate and manipulate large datasets to uncover and resolve issues
• Contribute to Sift’s ML Ops initiatives
• Work and communicate effectively across teams

Requirements

• Four (4) plus years of experience working with large disparate data sets, using quantitative and qualitative analysis to derive business insights and leverage ML
• Healthcare data experience is required. EMR (Epic, Cerner) or EDI (claim and remittance) is strongly preferred
• Python and SQL experience required. R experience is a plus
• Experience with feature engineering and creation is required
• Experience with supervised ML is required, including tree-based ML (Random Forest, GBM, XGBoost, etc.)
• Experience with unsupervised ML and encoding is strongly preferred (clustering, Transformers, LSTM, etc.)
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Must be a team player and willing to collaborate and assist members of the team
• An advanced degree (MS or higher) in applied data science, statistics, economics, computer science, or a related field is preferred
• AWS Cloud experience is a plus
• Snowflake experience is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits