Staff Data Scientist – Bodily Injury Claims

CLARA Analytics

Staff Data Scientist at CLARA Analytics leading development of Claim Clustering Platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance analysis of Bodily Injury claims.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and own the mathematical and technical framework for a scalable clustering engine that groups claims based on clinical, legal, and financial attributes.
Partner with Machine Learning Engineers to translate prototypes into optimized production systems, and work with MLOps to implement automated retraining, monitoring, and model lifecycle management.
Collaborate with Data and Application Engineering teams to define APIs and data contracts that power internal tools such as attorney and physician benchmarking, as well as fraud detection systems.
Develop advanced representations of claims using both structured data (e.g., ICD codes, geographic data, indemnity and legal costs) and unstructured data (e.g., adjuster notes, medical records, legal documents).
Act as a subject matter expert within the broader engineering organization, ensuring alignment between data science initiatives, system architecture, and production reliability standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 7 years in Data Science with a strong track record of deploying models into production environments.
Deep experience with Bodily Injury claims, including 4+ years of hands-on work in Workers’ Compensation or General Liability.
Familiarity with claim lifecycles, medical billing (ICD/CPT), litigation processes, and reserve dynamics is crucial.
Strong proficiency in Python and solid software engineering fundamentals, including system design, CI/CD pipelines, and API development/versioning.
Expertise in unsupervised learning techniques (clustering, dimensionality reduction) and NLP methods (transformers, embeddings, LLM-based approaches) for analyzing complex, unstructured data.
Proven ability to lead and execute projects across Data Science, Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

generously subsidized health insurance
employer-paid ancillary benefits
flex/unlimited PTO
fully remote
401k with company match

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonunsupervised learningclusteringdimensionality reductionNLPtransformersembeddingsCI/CDAPI developmentsystem design

Soft Skills

leadershipproject executioncollaborationcommunicationsubject matter expertise