ALTAK INC · 7 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist
VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$55/hr - $65/hr
5+ years expAltak Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced machine learning and statistical models using healthcare data. The role involves collaborating with clinicians and stakeholders to translate healthcare problems into data science solutions while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.
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Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced machine learning and statistical models using healthcare data (EHR, claims, imaging, wearable, and operational datasets)
Develop predictive and prescriptive models for patient risk stratification, disease progression, readmission prediction, cost optimization, and care pathway optimization
Apply advanced analytics techniques, including time-series analysis, NLP on clinical notes, survival analysis, and causal inference
Collaborate closely with clinicians, healthcare product teams, and business stakeholders to translate clinical and operational problems into data science solutions
Ensure data quality, feature engineering, model validation, and explainability are aligned with healthcare standards
Support model deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization in production environments
Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to best practices in data science, experimentation, and model governance
Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and data privacy standards (HIPAA, PHI handling, GDPR where applicable)
Communicate insights, findings, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Biomedical Informatics, or a related field (PhD is a plus)
5+ years of hands-on experience in data science, with at least 2+ years working on healthcare data or healthcare analytics projects
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar
Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimentation techniques
Experience working with healthcare datasets such as EHR/EMR, claims, lab results, medical codes (ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED)
Knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance requirements in healthcare
Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
Company
ALTAK INC
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase