L.A. Care Health Plan

Applied Artificial Intelligence Scientist III

L.A. Care Health Plan

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Los AngelesCaliforniaUnited 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