Data Scientist
Core
Designing, developing, and implementing machine learning and predictive modeling systems to solve technical, data-driven healthcare problems and maximize utility across Waystar's product line.
Role type
Senior IC machine-learning engineer (healthcare)
Builds
Machine learning and analytic components for healthcare payments and revenue cycle management products
Domain
Healthcare / Machine Learning / Predictive Modeling
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
classification, regression, dimension reduction, clustering, multivariate methods, empirical model performance estimation (hold-out, cross-validation), algorithm scaling analysis, R, Python, RDBMS (SQL), general-purpose programming (C#, Java)
Preferred skills
medical informatics knowledge, Master of Science in Computer Science/Statistics/Mathematics
Technologies
R, Python, SQL Server, C#, Java
Responsibilities
Design and implement machine learning and analytical systems for healthcare data; translate real-world healthcare problems to mathematical frameworks; conduct data exploration, hypothesis creation, algorithm testing, and validation on large datasets; communicate root causes of problems and successes to stakeholders.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC