Data Scientist / Engineer – Recent Grad (Health Tech Startup)

Data Scientist / Engineer – Recent Grad (Health Tech Startup)

Company details

Description of the offer

❤️ Want to make a tangible difference in the future of healthcare?
❤️ Love applying the latest technologies to solve tough problems?
❤️ Looking for a fulfilling career with plenty of learning and growth?

About 1Phi 

1Phi is building a first of its kind AI-powered healthcare navigator, called 1Sage, that lets patients find the treatment options with the best clinical outcomes for their unique situation. It continuously monitors and trains on billions of medical records across over 100 million patients nationwide and over 1 million doctors and medical facilities. Patients simply chat with 1Sage, indicating their circumstances and needs. The more information they provide, the better the insights.

1Phi stands for 1st Principles Healthcare Institute, a name that reflects our commitment to R&D and taking an unorthodox approach to solving intractable and persistent industry challenges. As a Public Benefit Corporation, we’re grounded in decades of experience with payer financial models, government policy, provider incentives, and patient empowerment. By deploying artificial intelligence across data assets previously available only to industry insiders, 1Phi is uniquely positioned to bring patients the knowledge to make decisions in their own best interest.

You would be joining an early stage startup team of engineers, healthcare experts and dreamers. You’ll help define the culture, the tech stack, and the future of our industry. Tight-knit team. Zero bureaucracy. Project ownership. Room to experiment. Accelerated growth.

Requirements

What You’ll Do

• Build complex data pipelines, transformations and statistical processing using Python, SQL, Databricks, and a suite of cloud services from AWS and GCP. Ingest, transform, clean and augment internal and external data assets. Automate data pipelines to process patient-level and aggregated public health data.
• Define predictive models and machine learning applications that run on medical claims data to enable patient-facing applications. Perform exploratory analytics and develop specifications that enable patients to learn which treatment options and providers might be the most relevant to their specific situation. Leverage medical claims data for patient cohort design, risk adjustment, treatment pathway definition, survival analysis, and outcomes modeling.
• Continuously learn by investigating new technologies and building quick proof of concepts.

You’re a Fit If

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science or other STEM field.
• Proficiency with Python and its data science ecosystem, statistics concepts, ML techniques, EDA (exploratory data analysis). Ability to perform logistic regression, propensity scoring, random forests, gradient boosting, and clustering.
• Solid understanding of data pipelines, processing parallelization, and ETL concepts. (Examples may include DBT, Fivetran, and Apache AirFlow). Experience with hands on SQL, writing complex data transformation queries and optimizing for performance on large scale data (Knowledge of Databricks or other Spark environments is preferred).
• Experience with cloud services providers (AWS, GCP or Azure) and specific services (such as AWS S3, RDS, Redshift, EMR, and Lambda)
• Desire to become an expert in healthcare and passionate about making an impact in this field

Salary: $55k-$95k depending on experience

Location: Chicago office (Not remote)

Hiring Process

At 1Phi, we believe hiring should be fair, transparent, and collaborative. We work hard to find the best mix of respecting the candidates time, while also giving our team an efficient way to learn if a candidate is a good fit. Since we also strive to simulate the work environment throughout the process, we encourage you to use all the AI/LLM tools and outside resources at your disposal. During the process, if you ever feel that you are being asked for an onerous amount of work, please do not proceed. The best candidates are those who enjoy the process, regardless of the outcome.

Here’s the entire process: Apply with email → Project demo call (15 mins) → Skills challenge (1-3 hrs) → Interviews (2 hours) → Meet the Team Day and micro-project (1 day) → Offer → Trial period (1-3 weeks)

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Generous vacation policy + company holidays
• 401K + profit share contributions
• Quarterly evals and performance bonus (~10% at start, ~20% after 4 years)

How to Apply

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Send us your resume and any relevant links (LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio site, etc.) to careers+wellfound@1phi.com with the subject: “Recent Grad Data Scientist/Engineer”. (We cannot accept OPT candidates.) We can sponsor existing H1B holders.

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