Forward Deploy Data Scientist

Layer Health

$150K — $180K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-3 years of experience in data science, preferably in healthcare or clinical applications.
  • Strong communication skills, comfortable engaging customers and presenting insights.
  • Proficiency in Python and familiarity with data science/ML/NLP libraries like PyTorch and Tensorflow.
  • Experience with ML Ops tools such as Airflow, MLflow, Docker, or cloud ML platforms.
  • Knowledge of applied LLM techniques with practical implementations is a plus.
  • Expertise in data manipulation, treatment, and evaluation of large datasets.
  • Proactive problem-solver with a passion for improving data science capabilities.
  • Adaptable team player eager to disrupt healthcare with AI/ML.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with health systems to understand data workflows and share insights.
  • Design and execute data and ML investigations for large healthcare datasets.
  • Deploy and operationalize ML models and analytics pipelines collaboratively.
  • Collaborate with customer success and product teams to enhance user engagement.
  • Communicate data insights clearly to both technical and clinical stakeholders.
  • Develop reusable tools and best practices for implementation and customer outcomes.
  • Stay updated on ML, NLP, and healthcare data technologies and apply them to real-world issues.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model with presence in Boston or NYC office 2-3 days per week.
  • Opportunity to work on transformative AI initiatives in healthcare.
  • Collaborative and innovative team culture that values contributions and diverse perspectives.
  • Access to emerging technologies and methods in data science and healthcare.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're hiring our first Forward Deploy Data Scientist. You'll work directly with customers and internal teams to translate messy healthcare data into actionable insights and machine learning-ready pipelines. You'll work hand-in-hand with our world-class ML and broader engineering team, as well as our product and customer success teams.

You'll partner with our health systems & hospital IT/data teams, as well as internal Customer Success Managers, product managers and software engineers to validate data pipelines, share insights, and ensure our solutions deliver measurable value in clinical and operational workflows. This is a hands-on, high-impact role-ideal for someone who loves working with data, solving ambiguous problems, and collaborating across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What you'll do:
  • Partner directly with health systems and hospital customers to understand their data, workflows, and goals, sharing data insights that enable our customers to understand our product value and areas of opportunity.
  • Design and execute data and ML investigations- validating, and transforming large structured and unstructured healthcare datasets with state of the art models to ensure accuracy and trustworthiness.
  • Deploy, build, and operationalize ML and LLM-based models and analytics pipelines in collaboration with the broader engineering and product teams.
  • Work hand-in-hand with customer success and product teams to understand and improve user engagement through data-driven analyses.
  • Communicate results and insights clearly to technical, product, and clinical stakeholders.
  • Build reusable playbooks, tools, and best practices to accelerate future implementations and improve customer outcomes.
  • Stay current on emerging ML, NLP, and healthcare data technologies and proactively apply them to real-world clinical problems.
  • Contribute to a culture of collaboration, innovation, and rigor across the data science and product teams.

We look for:
  • 2-3 years of professional experience in data science (a proven track record of successful projects in healthcare or clinical applications is a bonus, but not required).
  • A strong communicator who thrives in a customer-focused, fast-paced environment - must be comfortable presenting to external customers and have a partnered/strategic mindset.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, and fluency with modern data science and ML/NLP libraries (PyTorch, Tensorflow, HuggingFace, etc.).
  • Experience with ML Ops tools (Airflow, MLflow, dbt, Docker, or cloud ML platforms).
  • Familiarity with modern applied LLM techniques and their practical implementations (any experience using these techniques is a bonus).
  • Deep fluency and instincts for data manipulation, treatment, and evaluation, with the ability to wrangle large, complex datasets efficiently and methodically.
  • Proactive mindset to identify and solve problems, continuously improving our data science capabilities.
  • An excited and adaptable team player who wants to disrupt the healthcare industry with AI/ML, alongside an awesome team.
  • Willingness to be hybrid with our team in either our Boston or NYC office 2-3 days per week

Nice to have:
  • Familiarity with Epic, Cerner, or other EHR systems.
  • Experience in forward deploy, field data science, or consulting-style roles.
  • Background in AI/ML for healthcare, clinical analytics, or real-world data.


Expected compensation range for this role is $150,000 - 180,000. 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.

Join us and help us transform healthcare with AI.

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