Hybrid Senior Data Scientist

at Tendo

• Job title: Senior Data Scientist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $110,500 - $149,500 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ETL, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Data Scientist at Tendo driving analytics projects for quality management and risk adjustment in healthcare. Develop predictive models and apply AI techniques to improve healthcare outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data from multiple databases to drive optimization and improvement of quality outcomes, resource utilization, and risk adjustment.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize patient outcomes, patient experiences, risk adjustment opportunities, and other business outcomes.
• Explore and experiment with emerging AI technologies to evaluate their applicability in solving healthcare problems and improving operational workflows.
• Develop analytic data sets and use statistical software to analyze data sets as requested.
• Use third party software tools in the development of queries and visualizations.
• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, epidemiology, engineering, information science, computer science, OR equivalent technical experience.
• Hands-on experience writing Python code including, but not limited to, machine learning, data science and engineering, and ETL pipelines.
• 5+ years of experience in data analysis software, with data science experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with GitHub/Git, Python, SQL, statistics, and ML modeling.
• Track record of applying AI or ML models to solve practical, real-world problems—ideally in healthcare or similar complex domains.
• Knowledge of statistical concepts and data mining methods such as: Hypothesis testing (or A/B testing), distribution analysis, Bayesian estimation, Linear and Logistic Regression, GLMs, text mining, time series analysis, etc.
• Knowledge of a variety of traditional machine learning techniques such as: feature engineering methods for large scale numerical and categorical data, dimensionality reduction, clustering, Decision Trees/Random Forests/Gradient Boosted Decision Trees, Deep Learning.
• Knowledge of machine learning implementation strategies such as: proper and thorough evaluation of ML models in production, detecting data/covariate/concept drift, leveraging feature stores and model registries, deploying models as REST APIs, integrating models into products, etc.
• Interest in staying current on AI advancements (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, foundation models), and enthusiasm for integrating new capabilities into analytical workflows.
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing SQL queries on large, complex datasets for data analysis and analytics engineering.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on data analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.

Benefits

• full health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• company paid life insurance
• company paid short-term and long-term disability
• company equity
• voluntary benefits
• 401(k)
• company paid holidays
• flexible time off
• employee wellness program (“Breathe”)