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Senior Applied Scientist

200k – 245kNew York, NYHybrid2+ YOE
Summary

Build and own algorithmic systems that evaluate providers, make recommendations, and optimize healthcare outcomes for cost, quality, and access. Requires 2+ years shipping production algorithms and expertise in ML, optimization, and heuristics.

About the role

What you will do

  • Own the design, performance, and evolution of the algorithms that power Garner’s core systems
  • Turn messy, real-world healthcare and business constraints into clear optimization problems, scoring systems, and decision frameworks
  • Develop objective functions and metrics that balance quality, cost, access, and member experience
  • Evaluate system performance, run experiments, and refine logic based on real-world outcomes
  • Apply machine learning, optimization, heuristics, or rules-based approaches based on what best solves the problem
  • Work closely with engineering to deploy systems that are scalable, interpretable, and resilient
  • Build a deep understanding of the healthcare economy

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience shipping data-driven algorithms to production
  • Strong applied problem-solving skills, with the ability to define good metrics and then deliver solutions that improve them
  • Strong judgment in choosing between statistical models, heuristics, optimization approaches, and simpler algorithmic methods depending on the problem
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to synthesize complex algorithmic ideas for business and technical stakeholders
  • A bias toward action, quickly translating ideas into working prototypes to test approaches
  • A desire to be a part of a high-performing, mission-driven team that operates with intense urgency, a strong sense of individual accountability, and a commitment to authentic feedback

Technologies

  • Python
  • SQL
  • AWS
  • Snowflake
  • pandas
  • XGBoost
Skills
PythonSQLAWSSnowflakepandasXGBoostMachine LearningOptimizationStatistical ModelingHeuristics
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