Genesis10 is currently seeking a Data Scientist for a fully remote position with a Major Healthcare Company located in Irvine, CA. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. Will work 100% remotely.
Compensation: $40.00 - 42.00 per hour, W2
Summary: Technical & Solution Leadership Own and lead endtoend AI/ML solution architecture for multiple Medicare Risk Adjustment initiatives spanning predictive modeling, NLP, GenAI, and operational analytics.
Responsibilities: - Define analytics and AI strategy for assigned problem areas, ensuring scalability, robustness, regulatory compliance, and measurable business impact.
- Drive design decisions across data ingestion, feature engineering, model selection, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- Establish and enforce engineering, modeling, and MLOps best practices across data science solutions.
- Advanced AI / ML & GenAI Innovation Lead development of advanced ML, deep learning, and LLMbased solutions (e.g., clinical reasoning, evidence extraction, summarization, coding intelligence).
- Evaluate and operationalize emerging AI approaches (agentic workflows, hybrid ML + rules, LLM orchestration, model ensembles).
- Ensure responsible AI usage-model explainability, bias monitoring, auditability, and CMS compliance. People & Capability Leadership Lead, mentor, and coach senior and junior data scientists, building strong technical depth and domain expertise within the team.
- Set technical direction, conduct design reviews, and guide complex problem solving.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance development for data science talent.
- Stakeholder Partnership & Executive Influence Act as a primary AI/ML advisor to senior business, clinical, and technology leaders.
- Translate complex analytics outcomes into clear, executivelevel insights, risks, and recommendations.
- Partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to ensure successful adoption and downstream impact of AI solutions.
- Platform & Innovation Drive adoption of cloud-native, bigdata, and MLOps frameworks across Python, Spark, Hive, Databricks, and cloud platforms.
- Own model lifecycle management, including versioning, performance tracking, drift detection, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for reliability, security, and scalability.
Qualifications: - Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related quantitative field from a reputed institution.
- Experience: Around 6 years of experience in Data Science, AI/ML, or Advanced Analytics. Demonstrated experience leading complex, productiongrade AI/ML systems at scale.
- Prior experience mentoring or leading data scientists (formal or informal).
- Core Technical Expertise Expert proficiency in Python and PySpark.
- Deep handson experience with Spark, Hive, distributed data processing, and cloud platforms.
- Strong command of ML algorithms, ensemble methods, and advanced feature engineering.
- Proven handson experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow).
- Strong working knowledge of LLMs and Generative AI, including prompt design, orchestration, and evaluation.
- NLP & Healthcare Analytics
- Extensive experience with NLP/NLU (NER, summarization, classification, entity extraction), preferably on clinical or healthcare data.
- Strong understanding of statistical modeling, experimentation, and model validation. Leadership & Professional Skills
- Proven ability to drive ambiguity to clarity and own outcomes.
- Strong executive communication and storytelling skills.
- Ability to balance handson technical depth with strategic leadership.
- Demonstrated ownership mindset with high accountability and bias for action.
- Domain Expertise (Strongly Preferred)
- Deep understanding of Medicare Risk Adjustment and CMS programs.
- Handson experience with CMS datasets (MMR, MOR, EDPS, Encounter data). Experience working with clinical, coding, or claims data in healthcare environments.
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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