Staff Applied AI Scientist, Cedar
$216.8-255k
+ Equity
AI-powered platform that helps patients afford and navigate healthcare payments
Open for applications
AI-powered platform that helps patients afford and navigate healthcare payments
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$216.8-255k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower us all to easily and affordably pursue the care we need.
Role
Who you are
- At least 8 years of professional experience in AI/ML, with a proven track record of delivering customer-facing GenAI products
- Deep expertise in GenAI techniques, such as effective prompt engineering, LLM evaluation, and fine-tuning
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership in complex, cross-functional AI projects and work collaboratively with engineering, data, product, and design teams
- Strong understanding of both software engineering and machine learning principles, with a proven ability to balance experimental rigor and rapid production deployment
- Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, and achieve clarity from ambiguity
- Production-level Python expertise required, with proficiency in version control
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Staff Applied AI Scientist to join our team in building features powered by large language models and generative AI technologies
- In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of Cedar’s data and workflows, and utilize your expertise in generative AI to drive business value
- You'll leverage both creative problem-solving and rigorous experimentation to develop, evaluate, and optimize AI-powered features that transform the healthcare financial experience
- You will provide technical leadership and act as a force multiplier, enhancing the team’s ability to deliver exceptional AI-driven solutions
- You will drive innovation, ensuring Cedar remains a leader in generative AI product development by championing and implementing cutting-edge strategies and best practices
- Collaborate cross-functionally to build multi-modal AI-powered features to enhance servicing solutions (e.g. chatbots, virtual assistants, automation of workflows) and improve the patient experience (e.g. AI-generated bill explanations, guidance on options to improve bill affordability)
- Architect and implement scalable data curation strategies, leveraging diverse data sources (audio, text, structured data) to build high-quality datasets for AI development and evaluation
- Establish robust evaluation frameworks and metrics for GenAI solutions, empowering the team to rigorously test, monitor, and measure the performance, iterate rapidly, and deliver high-performing AI products
- Champion best practices for GenAI development, providing technical guidance and mentorship to the AI team
- Develop and articulate strategic technical visions that drive transformative advancements in our AI product development
- Work with product counterparts to conduct ongoing research into customer workflows and emerging AI technologies, proactively identifying, proposing, and prototyping innovative AI applications to drive business value
Our take
Over $1 billion is said to be lost annually by physicians as a result of inefficient and disjointed healthcare billing practices. The subsequently low patient satisfaction rates lead to poorer care, and real losses for providers who see patients switching away from their plans.
Cedar looks to remedy these issues with a selection of consumer-facing services which streamline billing, insurance and healthcare processes. Healthcare billing concerns a huge percentage of US adults, so optimizing patient satisfaction is of increasing concern - a great opportunity for the company.
After acquiring competing patient finance streamlining service OODA Health in 2021, Cedar netted substantial funds and launched its Payer Intelligence Layer. This allows it to integrate data from insurers and providers to create a single source of information. The company was also endorsed by the Montana Hospital Association's shared services division, to be listed as its only preferred patient financial engagement technology.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2022
$68.4m
SERIES D
Mar 2021
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
- Multiple health / dental / vision insurance options
- Office in Manhattan
- Free lunch, healthy snacks, cold brew and kombucha on tap (Yup!)
- Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
- Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
- Equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on your first day
- 401k plan with 3% employer non-election contribution
- Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a stipend for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally
- Up to $10,000 in reimbursement through Carrot Fertility to support comprehensive, inclusive care for family-forming and reproductive health journeys
- Constant learning and development opportunities
- Resources for mental and physical wellbeing
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Arel Lidow
(Co-Founder)Previously VP of product at AppNexus where they supervised the development and launch of the company’s flagship products. Began their career as a technology associate at Bridgewater Associates, working on trading systems for the world’s largest hedge fund.
Dr. Florian Otto
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an executive at Zocdoc where they drove the commercial adoption of the platform. Also founded a daily deal company in Brazil (ClubeUrbano) that was eventually acquired by Groupon. Began their business career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.
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