Data Scientist

Data Scientist - Healthcare Analytics Elevated Hires is recruiting a Data Scientist to develop predictive models and advanced analytics that improve cardiovascular care, patient outcomes, and cost management. This remote position supports a value-based healthcare platform and works closely with data engineering, product, analytics, and clinical teams. The ideal candidate combines production-level technical ability with the communication skills to explain complex findings to clinical, business, and executive audiences. Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy machine-learning models that identify members at risk for high-cost or acute-care events.
• Create risk-stratification models using healthcare claims, clinical, and EHR data.
• Research healthcare data to identify opportunities for clinical interventions and improved outcomes.
• Analyze total cost of care, utilization, patient attribution, and performance against value-based care benchmarks.
• Implement validation methods to evaluate model accuracy, consistency, fairness, and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, product, and clinical teams to integrate model outputs into applications and business-intelligence reports.
• Translate technical findings into clear recommendations for clinical and business stakeholders.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, and healthcare data-security requirements.
• Contribute to technical strategy within an early-stage, product-focused environment.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
• At least five years of professional experience in data science or advanced analytics.
• Experience working with payer claims, EHR data, FHIR, HL7, or similar healthcare data formats.
• Expert-level Python or R and SQL skills.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying production-grade machine-learning models.
• Knowledge of regression, classification, clustering, neural networks, or related modeling methods.
• Experience validating models using complex or incomplete healthcare data.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and HITRUST requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, clinical, and business teams.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. Position Details

• Full-time technical role.
• Flexible working hours.
• Competitive salary and potential equity participation.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing creativity, ownership, and transparency.