AI & Data Scientist

Alignment Health

Data Scientist managing AI-powered tools for clinical documentation in Medicare Advantage. Enhancing risk score accuracy and developing ML models for healthcare applications.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $149,882 - $224,823 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

NoSQLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end‑to‑end solutions: translate ambiguous healthcare and operational problems into AI/ML models that deliver measurable impact by selecting methods, building data/models, deploying services, instrumenting observability, and real-world feedback loops.
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Clinical leaders to embed data science into workflows like claims processing, utilization management, provider network optimization, risk adjustment, etc.
Deliver clinical intelligence features such as autonomous chart review, disease detection, compliance forecasting, and quality analytics.
Build AI/NLP/LLM models for document understanding and information extraction, including OCR, NER, and vision models.
Advance quality and payment integrity: create models and automated QA to reduce manual review, increase accuracy, and surface documentation anomalies and audit risk.
Champion engineering excellence: internal libraries, reusable components, coding standards, code reviews, and clear documentation.
Own the lifecycle: monitoring, drift detection, alerting, and post‑deployment reviews.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-5 years delivering production‑grade data science or ML software with measurable impact.
Strong software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, modular design, API design, documentation.
Proficiency in Python plus SQL; experience building reusable packages, utilities, and CLI tools.
Applied knowledge of ML (tree ensembles, boosting, NLP/LLMs, deep learning) and experimental design.
Experience with high‑volume, high‑dimensional, and unstructured data; strong data quality mindset.
Experience with Git workflows, code reviews, CI/CD.
Excellent data visualization and storytelling skills.
Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast‑paced environments.
Preferred: Healthcare domain experience; familiarity with CMS/Medicare Advantage operations.
Document understanding systems with OCR/NER and LLM pipelines.
Experience with NoSQL and performance optimization.
Contributions to internal frameworks or open‑source; published work.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLmachine learningnatural language processingdeep learningdata structuresalgorithmsAPI designdata visualizationNoSQL

Soft Skills

storytellingproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationattention to detailengineering excellencecommunicationcritical thinkingorganizational skillsquality mindset