Data Scientist, Waymark
$100-155k
Plus Stock Options
Healthcare services for Medicaid patients
Open for applications
Healthcare services for Medicaid patients
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$100-155k
Plus Stock Options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help people enrolled in Medicaid programs find their way to better health through evidence-based community care.
Role
Who you are
- Education: A Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field. We are prioritizing early-career applicants for whom this would be their first data science role
- Python Proficiency: 5+ years of hands-on experience in Python, with demonstrated use of data science and machine learning libraries. This includes Python experience during academic training
- Machine Learning Application: Demonstrates academic and practical experience applying machine learning techniques, including model development, tuning, and deployment
- Portfolio of Work: Evidence of data science expertise, demonstrated through GitHub repositories or a similar portfolio of past projects
- Technical Documentation: Experience creating detailed technical specifications and documentation, including system architecture and technical requirements
- Project Leadership: Experience managing multiple data science projects, including responsibilities for technical design, execution, and testing
- Team Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively within a small team environment, with a clear track record of fitting into and contributing to collaborative, agile teams
- MS in Data Science or BS in statistics/computer science with 1-2 years of data science work experience
- You must have a demonstrated ability to run with your projects with minimal guidance, working closely with stakeholders across disciplines to craft a solution
- This role requires strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and make informed trade-offs between building an MVP and longer-term goals
- We are looking for someone who can create clear project plans, size work accurately, and understand how to balance immediate needs with future scalability
- Additionally, we have a highly collaborative team, so you should be team-oriented, eager to work with other data scientists, and willing to support various tasks across the broader technology development team, including engineering, product, and analytics
- These soft skills are essential to thrive in our fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- To be considered for the role, you must receive >90% raw score on an exam normed to expert level proficiency (i.e., corresponding to 10 years or more of experience in Data Science)
What the job involves
- Document Technical Requirements for Data Science Tools: Develop clear technical specifications across multiple data science tools, detailing architecture, algorithms, and core functionalities. Engage with team members to ensure high-quality solutions and timely delivery
- Collaborate on Delivery Timelines: Work with data science and product leads to define project goals, MVP scope, and long-term enhancements. Establish and maintain organized documentation and delivery timelines to keep leadership and team members aligned on progress
- Create Thorough Technical Documentation: Produce detailed documentation on technical designs and project plans, including work sizing, prioritization, and trade-offs, providing visibility and alignment for all stakeholders, including leadership
- Hands-on Coding and Team Collaboration: Dedicate significant time to coding daily while also collaborating fluidly with data science team members. Share and understand team projects, building solutions together in a dynamic environment
- Work Independently with Strong Communication to Leadership: Manage projects independently with a proactive approach. Regularly communicate project timelines, blockers, and solution progress to leadership, ensuring alignment and transparency on key milestones and challenges
- Develop Healthcare Subject Matter Expertise: Show a strong interest in healthcare data structures, quantitative methods, and data science applications in healthcare, with a commitment to publishing insights in peer-reviewed journals
- Lead and Manage Project Efforts: Own projects from planning through execution, including project management and stakeholder alignment across product, engineering, and analytics teams. Through clear communication and cross-functional collaboration, ensure cohesive, high-quality healthcare solutions
Application process
- Our interview process includes a real-time coding and data science exam, as well as a take home exam
Our take
Over 80M people in the U.S. receive healthcare coverage from Medicaid (and that’s only predicted to grow). However, in reality, that care is provided by an immensely fragmented group of privately run primary care providers (PCP).
Waymark is improving care through building technology and infrastructure services for these providers. For example, where local doctors need to connect with local pharmacists to manage a diabetic Medicaid receiver’s insulin swings, communications and prescriptions will all be executed through the Waymark platform.
After a series of successful pilots, Waymark is looking to scale significantly. That means racking up dozens of contract relationships with PCPs and using the data from tens of thousands of patients to further refine the product for national scale impact.
As Waymark’s leadership admits, there are many chasms on the road from academic publication to implementation at scale. However, the widespread enthusiasm for adopting systems that will help Medicaid fulfil its potential for millions of Americans will give the company confidence as it moves forward.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2023
$22m
EARLY VC
Jan 2022
$45m
SERIES A
Total funding: $67m
Company values
- We are bold builders | We believe the greatest challenges in care delivery can be solved when we harness the power of community and technology. We are not constrained by what others believe is possible, because we create solutions and we deliver care based on first principles
- We are humble learners | We seek feedback and perspectives different from our own, and welcome challenges to our conclusions. We see, in the diversity of our teams and partners, a set of experiences, perspectives and talents that make each of us better, and all of us better. We seek the wisdom that comes from facing challenges with patience, empathy, and generosity
- We experiment to improve | We actively seek data to inform decisions and to assess our own performance. We experiment and obsessively collect data as we test hypotheses and try new approaches. We measure and document our successes and our failures. In doing so, we celebrate the learning that comes from failures, and strive to make every success reproducible
- We act with focused urgency | Our commitment to our mission drives us to tirelessly pursue results. We run through walls to grow our impact, to serve and to do it better than we did before. And, we say ‘no’ to distractions that take us away from our focus on catalyzing improvements in outcomes for patients receiving Medicaid
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Rajaie Batniji
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, they co-founded Collective Health, where they served as Chief Health Officer. They were also previously a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University.
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