Senior Data Scientist, Cedar
Artificial Intelligence
$178-220k
+ Equity
More information about location
Financial engagement & billing for healthcare providers
Open for applications
Financial engagement & billing for healthcare providers
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$178-220k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make healthcare more affordable and accessible through its consumer-friendly platform.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of work experience in data/ML/AI (must-have), including 1+ year of experience applying Large Language Models (or significant side projects using LLMs and GenAI technology)
- Deep understanding of best practices in AI, such as effective prompt engineering techniques, chaining, retrieval, vector search, fine-tuning of LLMs
- Up to date with the latest advancements in generative AI and applying these advancements to ongoing projects
- Experience in processing, annotation, and augmentation of natural language data to create high-quality datasets
- Expertise in both SQL and Python is required
- Has shipped production algorithms to customers and has an understanding of software engineering principles
- Driven to achieve technical excellence, and a desire to continue growing your craft
What the job involves
- The Data Science team plays a critical role in achieving Cedar’s vision. We ensure data and insights are accessible and trusted by all internal and external stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making. Through analytics, descriptive analyses, and statistical models, we consistently aim to better understand the needs of patients, find improvement opportunities, and impact the product development process.
- We run experiments to test our various hypotheses and measure our progress. We build ML models and embed them into our web app to deliver a personalized experience to patients. We help differentiate Cedar's product offerings with hard-to-copy competitive advantages
- To do this, we have built an open, supportive, and collaborative team culture. “Love thy teammate” is one of our Data Science values, and we live into this value by operating from a mindset of curiosity, possibility, and the best intentions of each of our team members. As a team, we are dedicated to continually growing our technical excellence and collaborative excellence, equally
- Cedar is scaling rapidly and the demand for data and artificial intelligence expertise is increasing. We are seeking a Sr. Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence to join our team and build features powered by large language models and generative AI technologies.
- We aim to use AI to drive bill clarity for patients and streamline workflows for our customers, which are large healthcare systems across the US. In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of Cedar’s data and leverage advanced AI tools to utilize this data to drive business value.
- Combining creativity with rigor, you will build, evaluate, and improve upon AI-powered features that differentiate Cedar’s offerings. You will identify and effectively advocate for new opportunities to use AI for positive business outcomes. You will provide technical leadership and act as a force multiplier, enhancing your teammates’ ability to deliver results
- Develop a deep understanding of Cedar’s data and create curated datasets using a variety of inputs (including audio data, unstructured natural language data, structured data)
- Design and develop 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)
- Define and utilize evaluation frameworks to rigorously test, monitor, and measure the performance of LLMs and other models
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders in engineering and product to productionize AI solutions
- Research customer workflows and stay up-to-date with advancements in AI technologies to identify new opportunities for applying AI to drive business value
- Present and clearly communicate on your technical approach, methodology, and results to partners across all levels of the organization
- Keep Cedar up-to-date with advances in AI through demos, L&D sessions
- Provide technical leadership for large, cross-functional projects with organization-wide impact
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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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
41% female employees
-9% employee growth in 12 months
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
- Health insurance
- Offices in Manhattan, San Francisco and Salt Lake City
- Free lunch, healthy snacks, cold brew and kombucha on tap (Yup!)
- Guided-meditation and game nights (Weekly!)
- 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
Company values
- Focus on the vision: We enable an exceptional healthcare consumer financial experience through relentless focus, only prioritizing actions that advance us towards this goal
- Reject mediocrity: We solicit diverse perspectives, set high standards and constantly challenge ourselves to raise the bar on our thinking, people and performance
- Apply a growth mindset: We maintain an optimistic, constructive and resilient attitude, passionately pursuing our mission, embracing difficult problems and learning from setbacks
- Use good judgment: We require accountability, bold thinking and a reliance on common sense to prioritize and make informed decisions that reflect our convictions, integrity and core values
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
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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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