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Forward Deploy Data Scientist

The Forward Deploy Data Scientist will partner with health systems and internal teams to investigate healthcare data, build and operationalize ML/LLM pipelines, and deliver actionable insights. The role requires 2–3 years of data science experience, strong Python and ML/NLP skills, and customer-facing communication ability.

$150k – $180k/yr
Hybrid2+ YOEData Science

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Partner with health systems and hospital customers to understand their data, workflows, and goals, and share insights that demonstrate product value and identify opportunities.
  • Design and execute data and machine learning investigations by validating and transforming large structured and unstructured healthcare datasets with state-of-the-art models.
  • Deploy, build, and operationalize machine learning and large language model-based models and analytics pipelines with engineering and product teams.
  • Collaborate with customer success and product teams to improve user engagement through data-driven analysis.
  • Communicate results and insights clearly to technical, product, and clinical stakeholders.
  • Build reusable playbooks, tools, and best practices to accelerate implementations and improve customer outcomes.
  • Apply emerging machine learning, natural language processing, and healthcare data technologies to real-world clinical problems.
  • Contribute to collaboration, innovation, and rigor across data science and product teams.

Requirements

  • 2–3 years of professional experience in data science.
  • Strong communication skills and comfort presenting to external customers.
  • Strong programming skills in Python.
  • Fluency with modern data science and machine learning/natural language processing libraries, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face.
  • Experience with MLOps tools such as Airflow, MLflow, dbt, Docker, or cloud machine learning platforms.
  • Familiarity with modern applied large language model techniques.
  • Strong data manipulation, treatment, and evaluation skills, including the ability to efficiently and methodically wrangle large, complex datasets.
  • Willingness to work hybrid 2–3 days per week from the Boston or NYC office.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with Epic, Cerner, or other electronic health record systems.
  • Experience in forward deployment, field data science, or consulting-style roles.
  • Background in AI/machine learning for healthcare, clinical analytics, or real-world data.

Compensation

  • Expected compensation range: $150,000–$180,000.
  • Compensation depends on experience, overall fit, and candidate location.

Skills

PythonPyTorchTensorFlowHugging FaceAirflowMLflowdbtDockerMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingLLMsData ScienceEpicCernerHealthcare Data