Developing coding expertise and best practices to query, merge, and analyze complex healthcare data from large relational databases.
Leveraging a variety of quantitative methods to standardize, blend, and distill data from multiple disparate sources, transforming them into analytic insights for use in client reports, journal manuscripts, abstracts, or posters for professional meetings.
Iteratively developing and maintaining Python code while adopting best practices for increasing efficiency, minimizing computational errors, implementing process improvements, and other approaches that add value to business processes and analytic results.
Participating in thorough code review and documentation, as well as parallel coding efforts for other programmers to maintain quality standards and ensure that code may be efficiently transferred among team members as needed.
Constructing analytic datasets and databases to support deliverables for various public health and healthcare financing engagements.
Collaborating with project team members to review, critically evaluate, and refine business requirements, and then translate those requirements into programming logic.
Adopting and refining technical skills on projects, including working independently, proactively resolving day-to-day issues of small complexity, and leveraging coding best practices and standard.
Participating in continuing education courses on healthcare-related and/or technical coding topics (including learning new coding languages) as applicable to the role and evolving business needs.
Sharing insights gained from the above activities with fellow programmers, leaders, and other division staff through activities such as presentations at staff meetings, contributions to collective codebase utilities, and training early career staff.

Requirements

BS/BA or advanced degree in data science, computer science, statistics, social sciences, health policy or related field with at least 1 year of programming experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 1 year of experience with Python or SQL analytical coding with demonstrated familiarity with the linkage of various types of data files.
Experience designing and implementing flexible, reusable, scalable, programming code.
Commitment to analytic programming quality and best practices, including experience with QA/QC procedures (e.g., peer review of code, parallel programming).
Familiarity with all phases of the Analytic Development Life Cycle and demonstrated experience in working with at least 1 of these phases.
Organizational and planning skills that enable independent work while contributing to a team effort.
Analytic thinker with exceptional attention to quality and detail.
Good interpersonal skills, including written and oral English-language skills, the ability to effectively manage competing deadlines, and the ability to work independently on a day-to-day basis while regularly collaborating with project teams.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
Generous paid time off policy
Merit based annual increases
Bonus opportunities
Robust recognition program
Competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability)
Access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan
Paid parental leave for all parents
Financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments
Financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities
Employee assistance program
Numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLdata analysisquantitative methodsdata mergingdata standardizationanalytic insightsprogramming logicQA/QC proceduresAnalytic Development Life Cycle

Soft Skills

organizational skillsplanning skillsanalytical thinkingattention to detailinterpersonal skillswritten communicationoral communicationtime managementindependent workcollaboration

Certifications

BS/BA in data scienceBS/BA in computer scienceBS/BA in statisticsBS/BA in social sciencesBS/BA in health policy