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# Data Scientist

- **Company:** Layer AI, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Tensorflow, Data Processing, Pytorch, Large Language Models, HuggingFace
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/data-scientist-layer-health-6304141

## About the Role

* 5-7+ years of professional experience as a data scientist working for a company with major ML dependencies.
 * At least 3-4 years of healthcare / clinical applications experience.
 * A solid foundation of ML/methods.
 * Fluent programming skills in Python, and fluency with modern data science and ML/NLP libraries (PyTorch, Tensorflow, HuggingFace, etc.).
 * Deep fluency and instincts for data manipulation, treatment, and evaluation, with the ability to wrangle large, complex datasets efficiently and methodically.
 * Familiarity with modern applied LLM techniques and their practical implementations (any experience using these techniques is a bonus).
 * Proactive mindset to identify and solve problems, continuously improving our data science capabilities.
 * A strong communicator who thrives in a customer-focused, fast-paced environment.
 * An excited and adaptable team player who wants to disrupt the healthcare industry with AI/ML, alongside an awesome team.
 * We are a Boston-based company, and expect engineers to meet regularly in-person in Boston (engineers from Boston, NYC, or east coast are welcome).

Expected compensation range for this role is $180,000 - 200,000. Compensation is dependent on experience, overall fit to our role, and candidate location. Expected compensation ranges for this role may change over time. If your compensation requirement is greater than our posted salary ranges, please still consider applying to our role. We will make a determination as to whether an exception can be made.

If you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement. We're eager to meet people that believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways. We welcome diverse perspectives, rigorous thinking, and fearlessness in challenging the status quo.

## Description

We're hiring an exceptional data scientist to join our team (Boston or NYC office). In this role, you will be responsible for advancing our applied ML and data science capabilities for healthcare.


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