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Layer Health · 3 hours ago

Data Scientist

Boston or NYC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$190K/yr - $220K/yr

5+ years exp

Layer Health is a healthcare technology company founded by leading machine learning researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School, focused on building an AI layer to synthesize information from medical records. The Data Scientist will be responsible for advancing applied machine learning and data science capabilities for healthcare, developing and validating ML-based approaches for chart abstraction, and collaborating with customers to enhance their workflows.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareInformation ServicesMedicalSoftware

Responsibilities

Develop, validate, and measure the impact of large language model (LLM) and other ML-based approaches for chart abstraction from both unstructured and structured healthcare data

Apply and rigorously evaluate cutting-edge methods to solve real clinical problems

Work hand-in-hand with our customers to best leverage Layer Health’s platform and supercharge their workflows

Stay up-to-date on the latest in applied NLP and generative AI techniques and proactively explore these technologies where applicable

Establish and enforce best practices for data science and analytics

Cultivate and foster a robust and thoughtful data science and product culture that drives the company forward

Qualification

Machine LearningHealthcare ExperiencePythonNLP LibrariesLarge Language ModelsData ManipulationProblem SolvingCommunication SkillsTeam Player

Required

5-7+ years of professional experience as a data scientist working for a company with major ML dependencies

At least 3-4 years of healthcare / clinical applications experience

A solid foundation of ML/methods

Fluent programming skills in Python, and fluency with modern data science and ML/NLP libraries (PyTorch, Tensorflow, HuggingFace, etc.)

Deep fluency and instincts for data manipulation, treatment, and evaluation, with the ability to wrangle large, complex datasets efficiently and methodically

Familiarity with modern applied LLM techniques and their practical implementations (any experience using these techniques is a bonus)

Proactive mindset to identify and solve problems, continuously improving our data science capabilities

A strong communicator who thrives in a customer-focused, fast-paced environment

An excited and adaptable team player who wants to disrupt the healthcare industry with AI/ML, alongside an awesome team