What are the responsibilities and job description for the NLP Data Scientist position at Apixio?
Who We Are:
At the intersection of health plans and providers, Apixio is creating a leading Connected Care platform to minimize reimbursement inaccuracies and high-quality patient care so they can thrive as the industry moves toward value-based reimbursement models.
The combination brings together healthcare expertise, AI/machine learning technology and data-driven analytics solutions to deliver innovative solutions and value to our customers and the healthcare ecosystem. We aim to accelerate the shift toward alternative payment models, while enhancing efficiency and supporting better patient outcomes.
About the Role:
We are revolutionizing the utilization of data in healthcare. Approximately 80% of healthcare data remains untapped due to its messy or unstructured nature, posing a significant challenge for the industry. Apixio is at the forefront of developing technology solutions capable of processing this data and extracting actionable insights. Our mission is to empower healthcare providers with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to deliver superior patient care, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Join us in leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to drive meaningful change in healthcare!
We are seeking a driven data scientist to enhance our industry-leading algorithms in risk adjustment and spearhead the expansion of our product offerings into new healthcare segments. In this pivotal role, you will have the opportunity to pioneer the development of innovative AI models that address a diverse array of challenges in healthcare. Successful candidates will play a crucial role in advancing the efficiency of the healthcare system, supporting stakeholders in care delivery and administration in their practices, and positively impacting the lives of millions of patients.
Qualifications:
Base Compensation
$100,000—$163,000 USD
We recognize that people come with experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Your skills and background may be more translatable to this role than you initially thought. Allow us the opportunity to get to know you. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.
What Apixio can offer you:
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Notice to Recruiters/Staffing Agencies
At the intersection of health plans and providers, Apixio is creating a leading Connected Care platform to minimize reimbursement inaccuracies and high-quality patient care so they can thrive as the industry moves toward value-based reimbursement models.
The combination brings together healthcare expertise, AI/machine learning technology and data-driven analytics solutions to deliver innovative solutions and value to our customers and the healthcare ecosystem. We aim to accelerate the shift toward alternative payment models, while enhancing efficiency and supporting better patient outcomes.
About the Role:
We are revolutionizing the utilization of data in healthcare. Approximately 80% of healthcare data remains untapped due to its messy or unstructured nature, posing a significant challenge for the industry. Apixio is at the forefront of developing technology solutions capable of processing this data and extracting actionable insights. Our mission is to empower healthcare providers with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to deliver superior patient care, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Join us in leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to drive meaningful change in healthcare!
We are seeking a driven data scientist to enhance our industry-leading algorithms in risk adjustment and spearhead the expansion of our product offerings into new healthcare segments. In this pivotal role, you will have the opportunity to pioneer the development of innovative AI models that address a diverse array of challenges in healthcare. Successful candidates will play a crucial role in advancing the efficiency of the healthcare system, supporting stakeholders in care delivery and administration in their practices, and positively impacting the lives of millions of patients.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field.
- Proficient with Python.
- Experience with standard data analysis toolkits such as Pandas, SQL, Spark.
- Experience with Tensorflow, PyTorch, and/or Keras for language modeling and/or computer vision.
- Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals, especially related to modern NLP techniques.
- Skilled at building machine learning models to address specific issues and clearly explaining the results to team members and stakeholders.
- Passionate about addressing real-world business challenges with AI technology, rather than solely focusing on model performance metrics.
- Work with a team to develop novel AI models across multiple healthcare domains to enhance the effectiveness of our products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of data scientists and engineers to build end-to-end machine learning pipelines.
- Define key performance metrics aligned with business objectives.
- Take initiative to continuously improve models over time.
- Develop a keen understanding of Apixio's data distribution, enabling you to extract more insightful analyses
- build, test, deploy, and monitor a novel algorithm on our platform, from encrypted data to a live deployment.
- gain a comprehensive understanding of the technologies underpinning our platform.
- Be independent in reading literature and doing research to design novel models for new and existing products.
- Have ownership over models internally, communicating with product managers, customer success managers, and engineering to make the model and the encompassing product succeed.
- Be a subject matter expert on Apixio's models and a source from which other teams can seek information and recommendations.
Base Compensation
$100,000—$163,000 USD
We recognize that people come with experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Your skills and background may be more translatable to this role than you initially thought. Allow us the opportunity to get to know you. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.
What Apixio can offer you:
- Meaningful work to advance healthcare
- Competitive compensation
- Exceptional benefits, including medical, dental and vision, FSA
- 401k with company matching up to 4%
- Generous vacation policy
- Remote-first & hybrid work philosophies
- A hybrid work schedule (2 days in office & 3 days work from home) (Note: If the position is designated as REMOTE it will stay REMOTE)
- Modern open office in beautiful San Mateo, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Austin, TX and Dallas, TX
- Subsidized gym membership
- Catered, free lunches
- Parties, picnics, and wine-downs
- Free parking
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Notice to Recruiters/Staffing Agencies
- Recruiters and staffing agencies should not contact Apixio through this page. All recruitment vendors (search firms, recruitment agencies, and staffing companies) are prohibited from contacting our hiring manager(s), executive team members, or employees
- We require that all recruiters and staffing agencies have a fully executed, formal written agreement on file
- Apixio receipt or acceptance of an unsolicited resume submitted by a vendor organization to this website or employee does not constitute an actual or implied contract between Apixio and such organization and will be considered unsolicited and Apixio will not be responsible for related fees
Salary : $100,000 - $163,000
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