Senior Data Scientist

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist

Department: Technology

About the Role: 

Unite Us seeks an experienced, multi-faceted Data Scientist, to be a part of our Insights Data Science team. Unite Us brings health care and social services together into a single, integrated network. We believe the network creates value beyond the sum of its parts, and our data science mission is to measure and enhance that impact. The ideal Data Scientist candidate will combine a thorough understanding of advanced statistical modeling and machine learning, along with the ability to interpret and effectively communicate findings to internal and external stakeholders. In this role, you will contribute to an enterprise pipeline of predictive models, experiments and evaluations built on large data sets across the health and social care space. 

The Data Science team supports functions across Unite Us including Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Research & Evaluation, Payments and Marketing. Deliverables will be both client-facing and internal and will range from predictive modeling, to impact analysis, to generative AI applications. The Data Scientist needs to be a strong team player, as well as an influencer within the company and beyond. This position combines a unique blend of leadership and practical quantitative output. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for a person who loves numbers, has strong business acumen and communication skills, and is a born change-maker. 

What You'll Do:

• Drive development of predictive models by identifying and leveraging both internal and external data sources and creating tools that support referral decision-making, understand person-level and community needs, and efficient care delivery.
• Own product innovation by identifying new ways data science can be used to support key enterprise initiatives.
• Work hand-in-hand with our Machine Learning Engineering team to build an enterprise-scale ML pipeline. 
• Use your software engineering skills to develop applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) to meet a variety of business needs
• Partner with Business Development, Product and Engineering to understand our partners and the health and social care data landscape 
• This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of the founding team focused on data expansion across the country; helping health systems, health plans, life sciences companies and CBOs realize their SDOH data strategy.

You’re a great fit for this role if:

• At least 5+ years experience with modern programming languages (Python, R, SQL) and tools/ libraries (pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc) used in data science. 
• Robust understanding of the statistical foundation of machine learning and experience with experiment design and causal inference. 
• Experience with natural language processing (NLP) techniques, including the use, evaluation, and deployment of Large Language Models
• Experience scaling work from R&D to a production predictive pipeline built on a modern stack. 
• Familiarity with or ability to quickly learn software technologies such as Google Suite, Zoom, Slack, HubSpot, Asana, etc.
• Experience with healthcare data and analytics is preferred. 
• You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who seeks and gives candid feedback, and values the chance to make an important impact. 
• You love numbers, and have an orientation to find practical solutions to complex problems 
• You like to teach others, have strong communication skills and experience briefing leadership on outcomes and recommendations 
• You are flexible and excited to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving needs 
• You have a "get it done" mentality, self-motivated and comfortable with ambiguity
• You thrive in a cross-functional environment, and enjoy working collaboratively with a diverse team of individuals with different backgrounds and skill sets
• You are a strong communicator with an ability to adapt communication style across stakeholders, both internal and external, with varying levels of seniority 

Our Mission:

Unite Us’ mission is to unlock the potential of every community. Our co-founders started Unite Us in 2013 to serve the people with whom they served. They witnessed firsthand the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services, and set out to improve that experience for veterans and their families. Unite Us quickly expanded to serving all people who need connections to care across our country. Through Unite Us’ national network and software, community-based organizations, government agencies, and healthcare organizations are all connected to better collaborate to meet the needs of the individuals in their communities. We drive the collaboration to predict, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health. If you want to do well and do good, join Unite Us.

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:

• This position is remote, U.S.-based. Strong preference for candidates comfortable working in ET/CT time zones
• The target pay range for this role is: $160,000-$175,000. This salary range represents our target hiring range for this role. The proposed salary will be dependent on the candidate's skills, experience, and competencies, as well as location.
• All team members will be required to pass a background check which includes criminal, employment, and education verification 

Benefits provided by Unite Us:

Medical, Dental, and Vision

We offer insurance to team members and eligible partners and dependents, including unlimited virtual mental health and acute medical visits.

Wellness

Mental health benefits, such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness platform subscription, are available to all team members.

Flexible Time Off

Take what you need, including volunteer days and mental health days. We also offer 14 paid, company-wide holidays.
Paid Parental Leave

Adoptive parents are included.

Employee Resource Groups

Choose to join any of our ERGs, which celebrate and support a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Spending Accounts

We offer tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and commuter benefits.

401(k) + Employer Match

Enjoy matching, immediate vesting and financial wellness resources

Additional Benefits

Life and AD&D - a company paid benefit, with the option to purchase additional coverage for yourself and you dependents

Disability Coverage

Accident Insurance

Pet Insurance

As part of this work at home job, we will provide you with all the necessary equipment to perform your duties, including a computer, mouse, keyboard as well as other items on our approved list of WFH supplies.

Unite Us is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive culture, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in race, religion, color, national origin, gender, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, medical conditions, and other characteristics. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability please email us at [email protected] to request an accommodation.

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