CareerPlan

Lead Applied Scientist, NBA – Reinforcement Learning

Remote Nationwide, USRemoteFull-time$129k–$178k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design, develop, and scale intelligent decision systems and reinforcement learning models for personalized healthcare recommendations.

Role type

Lead Applied Scientist (Reinforcement Learning & Decision Intelligence)

Builds

Next Best Action (NBA) platform for personalized healthcare recommendations

Domain

Healthcare / Insurance / Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Reinforcement learning, Sequential decision making, Python, PyTorch, Distributed data processing, ML lifecycle ownership, Software architecture

Preferred skills

Operations research, Simulation, Contextual bandits, Markov Decision Processes, Event-driven architectures, Healthcare domain experience

Technologies

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Databricks, PySpark, Ray RLlib, MLflow, Kafka, Redis

Responsibilities

Design and develop RL models for sequential decision making; Apply decision science and simulation to formulate complex problems; Develop production ML pipelines; Design experiments and offline evaluations; Own models from prototyping to production monitoring; Incorporate clinical and business constraints into decision systems; Provide technical direction on architecture and algorithms.