Hybrid Applied AI Data Scientist

at Flatiron Health

• Job title: Applied AI Data Scientist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $139,200 - $208,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Pandas, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Applied Data Scientist leveraging machine learning and generative AI for oncology research data at Flatiron Health. Collaborating with clinical stakeholders to improve cancer care through data analysis and validation.

Responsibilities

• Work with our clinical stakeholders to apply existing AI systems to turn raw clinical data into high quality research data
• Become a subject matter expert on our data and its capabilities and collaborate closely across the team to understand data needs and provide analytical support that enhances model development and deployment.
• Work with research scientists and oncologists to validate that our team’s models can be used to generate sound scientific insights, including full dataset performance analyses
• Work closely with subject matter experts & ML researchers to define requirements for training and evaluation datasets, and maintain software pipelines for the generation of these sets.
• Provide analytic support and create custom data outputs for cross-functional teams such as our team of clinical experts.
• Interface with internal scientific & clinical stakeholders to understand what data they need to conduct high quality research.
• Work cross-functionally with software engineers to productionize, scale, and monitor our team’s models.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant working experience as an applied data scientist or similar technical data-oriented role, including relevant applied work in a graduate program. Some prior experience with ML or LLMs is preferred.
• You understand how machine learning and AI systems are measured and can analyze an existing system to understand the quality of its output, assess where improvements are needed, and communicate the impact of those improvements to stakeholders
• You have collaborated with other technical team members in a production development environment using formal version control, Python (including data manipulation in pandas, polars or a similar framework), and SQL.
• You’re impact-oriented, and care deeply about creating real change for customers, users, and ultimately patients. You choose the right, rather than the flashiest, method available to reach your goals.
• You are a clear and confident communicator who can break down complex data analyses to tell a compelling story.
• You have led cross-functional initiatives and excel at influencing decision-making without authority.

Benefits

• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive compensation package
• 401(k) contribution to help you reach your retirement planning goals
• Financial health resources including 1:1 financial advice
• Mental well-being tools and services
• Parental benefits and policies including family-building care and generous leave
• Path to parenthood programs supporting fertility, adoption and surrogacy
• Travel support for safe healthcare services