Data Scientist II

Bluesight

$130K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or related field or equivalent experience
  • Proficient in Python for developing and productionizing code for API services
  • Experience with rapid experimentation using genAI tools
  • Strong grasp of statistical models and machine learning methodologies
  • Familiarity with AWS services including SageMaker, Athena, and RDS
  • Knowledge of Git and best practices for version control
  • Working knowledge of SQL
  • Proven ability to communicate complex information to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy machine learning models for healthcare applications
  • Define and monitor KPIs to evaluate model effectiveness and business impact
  • Collaborate with product teams to define analytics projects and create prototypes
  • Communicate technical results to both technical and customer-facing audiences
  • Contribute to product roadmaps and assess technical risks
  • Adapt to new healthcare data sources and evolving ML techniques
  • Enhance team skills through effective research communication and collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Remote work flexibility within the continental U.S.
Full Job Description
Bluesight is looking for a Data Scientist II to join our central data team and help us drive the success of data science and analytics efforts across the organization. This role will work closely with external and internal stakeholders to deliver value through all stages of the RnD life cycle: identifying opportunities, building core infrastructure, running predictive models, analyzing impact, and highlighting improvement areas. This person will partner with cross-functional peers to strengthen Bluesight's data culture and help us innovate within our suite of Medication Intelligence products.

Representative Duties

  • Develop and productionize machine learning models for a range of healthcare products, including monitoring controlled substance handling and patient privacy, and inventory management
  • Define and track KPIs to measure model performance and business impact
  • Collaborate with product teams and customers to scope analytics projects and build prototypes. Translate ambiguous business problems into well defined, quantitative, and testable hypotheses.
  • Communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including customers. Present results and recommendations in customer-facing meetings.
  • Inform product roadmaps, evaluate technical feasibility, and assess project risks.
  • Quickly ramp up on new healthcare data sources as products evolve and adapt to new ML techniques and tools as needed for product requirements
  • Raise the skill level of the entire analytics team by modeling strong research communication through team presentations and documentation. Drive collaboration through code reviews, experimental design feedback, and participation in model evaluation discussions.


Required Qualifications:

  • Degree or equivalent years of experience in data science, statistics, computer science, or similar quantitative field
  • Ability to develop and productionize code in Python to serve API endpoints (e.g. Flask, FastAPI)
  • A willingness to leverage genAI tools to assist with rapid experimentation
  • Understanding of statistical models including distributions and transformations. Ability to create and evaluate supervised and unsupervised machine learning models (tree-based models, clustering) in a practical/applied context
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services including SageMaker, Athena, RDS, Glue, ECR, IAM, and CodeBuild
  • Strong knowledge of Git workflows and version control best practices
  • Understanding of SQL
  • Prior track record of a customer-friendly approach in presenting information and analysis for non-technical audiences
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to advocate technical solutions to engineering teams as well as business stakeholders


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in math and/or statistics centric field of study
  • Experience on a data team of a similar size (
  • Experience working with protected healthcare data (e.g. ADM, EHR) and pharmaceutical supply chain logistics (e.g. invoicing, cost optimization)
  • Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform to manage cloud resources
  • Experience with MLOps including deployment using MLFlow and containerization with Docker, CI/CD Pipelines, and monitoring


$130,000 - $150,000 a year

The standard base pay range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 when annualized. In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for an amazing benefits package. Actual amounts and salary will vary depending on position offered, experience, performance, and location.

This position is a remote position and open to applicants in the continental United States.

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