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Staff Data Scientist – Healthcare Financial Risk & Underwriting

Data ScientistData ScientistFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$160K - $190K / year

Seniority

Lead

Postgraduate Degree8 yrs expEnglishPySparkPythonSparkSQL

Job Description

Staff Data Scientist – Healthcare Financial Risk & Underwriting

Prealize Health

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME), drive the end-to-end building and execution of our Risk & Underwriting AI models, directly translating actuarial and healthcare financial risk expertise into high-performance AI models and rigorous evaluation frameworks. • Set the technical roadmap and lead the development of ML models focused on healthcare financial risk stratification and financial underwriting. • Establish best practices for model building, model validation, and rigorous back testing/benchmarking across the data science organization to drive high performance models, while maintaining stability and alignment of models. • Mentor junior data scientists, fostering a culture of rigorous research, high-quality engineering, and innovation. • Partner with clinicians to translate medical knowledge into data-driven hypotheses and with Product/Executive teams to align technical capabilities with market opportunities. • Work with Engineering to design the next generation of our platform’s quality and extensibility, ensuring it remains performant for millions of patients. • Represent Prealize Health’s technical expertise to external strategic partners and stay at the forefront of literature in ML, Actuarial Science, and Biostatistics.

Job Requirements

  • PhD and/or MS in Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
  • 8–10+ years of experience building and deploying commercial-grade data science products with a proven track record of technical leadership.
  • Deep experience building and validating models for healthcare underwriting use cases.
  • Expert proficiency in Python and distributed computing (PySpark/Spark/SQL).
  • Proficiency in leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
  • Expert-level understanding of model evaluation metrics (e.g., Gini, lift, calibration), back testing frameworks, and validation protocols for high-stakes predictive modeling.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects, influence technical roadmaps, and solve high-ambiguity problems in high-dimensional datasets.
  • Exceptional ability to distill complex technical strategies for executive stakeholders and external partners.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Competitive base salary plus a generous bonus and equity plan
  • Paid time off including holidays
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • 401k
  • Wellness and home office benefits, and more

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