Job Description

Data Scientist

This is a U.S. remote position. The Data Scientist is a critical contributor ensuring Aptitude Health builds the right infrastructure and analytics to optimize its use of healthcare real-world data in support of OncoJourney and other initiatives at Aptitude Health.

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Job Summary

This is a U.S. remote position. The Data Scientist is a critical contributor ensuring Aptitude Health builds the right infrastructure and analytics to optimize its use of healthcare real-world data in support of OncoJourney and other initiatives at Aptitude Health.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Deliver an end-to-end healthcare data lake/warehouse to analyze patient journeys
  • Build, automate and maintain data ingestion pipelines to ensure reliable, repeatable data loads
  • Develop data cleansing and business-rule transformations with standardized definitions for clinical events, encounters, and patient journeys
  • Design and implement dimensional, analytics-ready data models to support scalable and repeatable BI querying
  • Build out a library of code-based capabilities that can be utilized in various combinations to achieve different analytics outcomes
  • Implement data quality to increase trust in reporting
  • Maintain platform performance, security, and compliance, deliver operational support and continuous improvements to the platform

 

The above job description in no way states or implies these duties are the only duties performed by this employee.  The incumbent is expected to perform other related duties necessary for the effective operation of the department and company.

 

The Company reserves the right to change or alter any of the above duties and responsibilities according to the operational needs of the department and Company.

 

Education, Experience, and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Machine Learning or other related field, or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years’ work experience in Data Analytics and Data Science
  • Strong experience with Data Warehousing concepts
  • Experience with US healthcare Real-World Data
  • Experience productizing analytics for re-usability, adaptability
  • Hands-on experience building production-grade data pipelines with automation, monitoring, and repeatability
  • Advanced SQL and data modeling skills (dimensional modeling, analytics-ready schemas) for scalable BI consumption
  • Experience implementing data quality frameworks (validation rules, completeness/consistency checks, anomaly detection, audit trails) and data governance standards
  • AWS Data Stack: Amazon S3m AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, S3, Lambda Functions
  • Advanced Python and SQL

 

Desired Additional experience:

  • Experience with oncology specific healthcare/medical record data
  • Familiarity with security and compliance practices for sensitive data (least privilege, auditing, access controls)

 

Conditions of Employment:

  • Verification of employment history, professional references, and education or training.
  • Eligible Candidates must live in the U.S. and be able to work in the U.S.

 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort:  

  • Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
  • Travel may be required based on business needs (domestically and internationally) and attend virtual programs outside of working hours as needed.

 

Aptitude Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

 

Featured Benefits

  • 100% remote working environment
  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Annual performance bonus eligibility
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid Time Off (combined vacation & sick)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Life & Disability Insurance

 

The range for this role is up to $115,000 and based upon several factors including experience, education, skills, training, qualifications, location, and company need.

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