
Applied Artificial Intelligence Scientist III
L.A. Care Health Plan
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Los Angeles • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $135,136 - $216,218 per year
About the role
- Design, train, validate, and deploy complex AI and ML models to address enterprise use cases across departments such as Health Services, Payment Integrity, Quality Improvement, Finance, and Provider Network Management
- Lead all phases of the AI solution lifecycle – from problem framing and data engineering through model design, validation, and operational integration
- Implement production-grade ML pipelines using modern MLOps practices, ensuring scalability, reproducibility, and continuous model performance monitoring
- Serve as a subject matter expert in responsible and explainable AI, ensuring model fairness, transparency, and compliance with regulatory and ethical standards
- Partner with business and technology leaders to identify and prioritize new AI use cases that align with the organization’s transformation strategy
- Translate business challenges into well-structured analytical problems and lead cross-functional teams through data discovery, feature engineering, and algorithm development
- Work directly with cloud-based data and AI platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure ML, Databricks) to operationalize model delivery and integration with enterprise data assets
- Mentor and coach staff, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Document all model design assumptions, data sources, evaluation metrics, and deployment protocols for transparency and reproducibility
- Communicate complex technical results in accessible, actionable ways for both executive and operational stakeholders
- Contribute to the development of reusable AI assets, libraries, and standardized templates to accelerate future model development
- Remain current on emerging AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and healthcare analytics applications, and advise leadership on adoption opportunities
- Apply subject matter expertise in evaluating business operations and processes
- Identify areas where technical solutions would improve business performance
- Consult across business operations, provide mentorship, and contribute specialized knowledge
- Ensure that the facts and details are correct so that the program's deliverable meets the needs of the department, organization and legislation's policies, standards, and best practices
- Provide training, recommend process improvements, and mentor staff, department interns, etc. as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Master's Degree
- At least 6 years of professional experience developing and deploying machine learning and AI solutions in enterprise or healthcare environments
- Demonstrated experience leading full AI solution lifecycles – from problem definition to deployment and monitoring
- Proven successful experience developing predictive models using structured and unstructured healthcare data (e.g., claims, encounters, eligibility, provider, quality metrics)
- Experience with Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, PySpark), distributed data frameworks (Spark), and MLOps concepts
- Strong collaboration and mentorship experience, including guiding junior data scientists and analysts
- Experience integrating AI solutions into production environments in collaboration with IT or Data Engineering
- Experience with version control (Git) and model documentation best practices
- Experience building and deploying models in production using MLOps frameworks and cloud platforms
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Retirement Plans
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Wellness Program
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
machine learningAI solutionspredictive modelsdata engineeringfeature engineeringMLOpsmodel validationmodel deploymentalgorithm developmentcloud-based data platforms
Soft skills
mentorshipcollaborationcommunicationproblem framingtechnical guidanceknowledge sharingleadershipanalytical thinkingtransparencyprocess improvement
Certifications
Master's Degree