Data Scientist

CHG Healthcare•Midvale, UT

2d•$104,000 - $201,300

About The Position

CHG Healthcare is seeking a Data Scientist to join its Data Science team. The role builds and ships models that help Sales and other business partners make better, faster decisions. Working with data engineers and analysts, the Data Scientist turns raw data into reliable features, tests ideas, and explains results in plain language. At this level, the role owns projects from initial question through production with light guidance and helps newer teammates grow. The position works with large datasets, develops and validates machine learning and statistical models, designs experiments, and collaborates with engineering, product, and business partners to incorporate models into products and processes. Work is performed in an agile environment and must follow CHG data privacy and security standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
3–5 years of experience building and validating machine learning or statistical models.
3–5 years of experience using Python or R for data analysis and modeling.
3–5 years of SQL experience writing medium to complex queries.
Demonstrated experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and data visualization tools or libraries.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field.
Experience deploying models to production.
Experience with Snowflake and dbt.
Familiarity with big data technologies and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and validate machine learning and statistical models to solve defined business problems.
Explore large datasets to identify trends and insights, and partner with data engineers to create and refine model features.
Design and analyze experiments to measure the impact of data-driven initiatives.
Present findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders to support decisions.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and business partners in an agile environment to implement models in products and processes while following CHG data privacy and security standards.
Explore critical relationships and make strategic recommendations.
Work closely with the strategic analytics team and other key stakeholders.
Set clear evaluation metrics and thoroughly test work before release.
Explain technical results to non-technical audiences.
Keep up with data science and machine learning methods and bring ideas to the team.
Own projects from defining the question through production with light guidance.
Help newer teammates grow.