Sr data scientist

job summary:
Enterprise Healthcare client has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Sr Data Scientist to join their dynamic and growing team. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply!

location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $30 - 40 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:
Technical & Solution Leadership Own and lead end-to-end AI/ML solution architecture for multiple Medicare Risk Adjustment initiatives spanning predictive modeling, NLP, GenAI, and operational analytics. Define analytics and AI strategy for assigned problem areas, ensuring scalability, robustness, regulatory compliance, and measurable business impact. Drive design decisions across data ingestion, feature engineering, model selection, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring. Establish and enforce engineering, modeling, and MLOps best practices across data science solutions. Advanced AI / ML & GenAI Innovation Lead development of advanced ML, deep learning, and LLM-based solutions (e.g., clinical reasoning, evidence extraction, summarization, coding intelligence). Evaluate and operationalize emerging AI approaches (agentic workflows, hybrid ML + rules, LLM orchestration, model ensembles). Ensure responsible AI usage-model explainability, bias monitoring, auditability, and CMS compliance. People & Capability Leadership Lead, mentor, and coach senior and junior data scientists, building strong technical depth and domain expertise within the team. Set technical direction, conduct design reviews, and guide complex problem solving. Support hiring, onboarding, and performance development for data science talent. Stakeholder Partnership & Executive Influence Act as a primary AI/ML advisor to senior business, clinical, and technology leaders. Translate complex analytics outcomes into clear, executive-level insights, risks, and recommendations. Partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to ensure successful adoption and downstream impact of AI solutions. Platform & Innovation Drive adoption of cloud-native, big-data, and MLOps frameworks across Python, Spark, Hive, Databricks, and cloud platforms. Own model lifecycle management, including versioning, performance tracking, drift detection, and continuous improvement. Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for reliability, security, and scalability.

qualifications:
Bachelors

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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