Data Scientist

About Healthfirst, Enterprise Analytics For nearly 30 years, Healthfirst has been serving New Yorkers. We helped pioneer the value-based healthcare model—where hospitals and physicians are paid based on patient outcomes—because our company was founded on the belief that insurers need to be true partners in the health system. Enterprise Analytics is a fast paced, innovative team. Our mission is to drive personalized, relevant interactions that help our members live healthier lives. Insights from this team focus on improving health outcomes, increasing member satisfaction, making our business units more efficient and continuing to grow as a company. We’re looking for curious problem solvers to continue to push us forward. If you are member-focused, collaborative and passionate about data come join our growing community of 70+ analysts, engineers and data scientists. Our data is managed via AWS (e.g., S3, Redshift). We typically interact with the data using a blend of programming and query languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R). We run experiments using cloud computing services (e.g., EC2) or local machines.Duties/Responsibilities:

• Build lasting partnerships with stakeholders to deliver solutions that positively impact our members and providers
• Harness the potential of complex, disparate data sources to create robust solutions
• Use statistical modeling and machine learning to predict key outcomes and explain main drivers
• Help us build responsible algorithms that are fair to our members and their communities
• Additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Two (2) years of experience using data science tools like SQL, R or Python
• Prior work or academic experience applying statistical and machine learning methods
• Familiarity with cloud technologies
• Continuous Learning Mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Experience working with large sets of healthcare data
• Experience with sta