Principal Data Scientist, Health Informatics

Waymark

Remote regions

US

Benefits

4w PTO 16w maternity 8w paternity

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About the Role:

  • Own clinical data quality across claims, EHR, and ADT with deep fluency in FHIR, HL7v2, and C-CDA.
  • Build, validate, and deploy production ML/AI models for risk stratification and care gap prediction.
  • Apply health economics methods including risk adjustment, cost attribution, and quasi-experimental evaluation.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Hands-on fluency with claims, EHR, and ADT data and clinical terminologies (ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, CPT/HCPCS).
  • Master's degree in Data Science, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, or related field.
  • 7-8+ years of hands-on Python experience with data science and ML libraries and end-to-end ownership of production models.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PhD in health informatics, statistics, data science, or computer science.
  • Experience integrating EHR/HIE data via TEFCA or CommonWell.
  • Health economics experience with risk adjustment, utilization measurement, and peer-reviewed publications.

Why This Role Matters:

  • Define and own clinical data quality standards across claims, EHR, and ADT.
  • Build and ship production ML/AI models that translate clinical data into actionable predictions.
  • Advance core DS and AI products with production-grade models and rigorous methods.

Waymark

Waymark is a team of healthcare providers, technologists, and builders whose mission is to bring the best healthcare to people with Medicaid benefits. We bring support and technology-enabled care to help primary care providers keep Medicaid patients healthy. We are a remote team that values bold builders, humble learners, and focused urgency.

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