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Centene Corporation

Lead IT Data Scientist

Centene Corporation, Florida, New York, United States

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We could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Pay Range $119,100.00 per year – $220,500.00 per year

Position Purpose Designs and develops scalable solutions using AI tools and machine‑learning models. Performs research and testing to develop machine learning algorithms and predictive models. Utilizes big data computation and storage tools to create prototypes and datasets. Conducts model training and evaluation. Integrates, tests, tunes, and monitors solutions.

Leads model brainstorming conversations with new potential internal customers interested in AI/ML capabilities

Leads the design, development, and research around complex AI/ML models to apply appropriate datasets for data modeling and statistical analysis

Works alongside internal customers that are requesting AI/ML capabilities to understand overall business objective & impact when requesting an AI/ML model

Analyzes use cases of ML algorithms and applies findings to enable business decisions by deriving insights through data visualization

Writes complex SQL and Python/R code to extract data from a variety of databases and data sources

Explores and visualizes data to gain an understanding of it and verify data quality, and/or ensure data quality via data cleaning

Conducts exploratory data analysis from complex data sources and builds key datasets to support company mission operational analysis

Builds complex ML/AI models using common methods within R and Python

Analyzes the ML algorithms that could be used to solve a given problem and ranks them by their success probability

Analyzes model errors and designs strategies to overcome errors

Develops logging, alerting, and mitigation strategies for handling model errors

Develops AI/ML models to distinguish relevant content or events and recognize patterns

Designs and develops AI/ML models to predict member outcomes or future impact of key member decisions

Evaluates and designs experiments to monitor key model metrics and identify improvement opportunities

Participates in presentations and communicates results of research analysis and findings to non-technical business partners

Produces fairness reviews for each developed model to ensure the model is free of bias

Sets up continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for model automation

Deploys models with containers such as Kubernetes and/or Docker

Produces clean & readable code that has been properly unit tested and optimized for performance

Completes proper deployment integration testing to ensure seamless deployment

Maintains and supports AI/ML patterns by reviewing and solving issues and running ML/AI models

Leads team-wide initiatives that help develop templates and define best practices to improve model building and deployment workflow (e.g., model drift detection)

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

Work Authorization Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H‑1B, L‑1, O‑1, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, or CPT.

Education and Experience A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and requires 5–7 years of related experience, or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope, and skill reflective of this level.

5+ years intermediate knowledge & experience with SQL required.

5+ years experience in developing machine learning/AI/predictive models in R or Python required.

5+ years intermediate knowledge of Git required.

Technical Skills Experience using Databricks platform preferred.

Experience with SQL (Programming Language)

Experience with machine learning, machine learning algorithms, statistics

Experience with Python (Programming Language), R (Programming Language)

Knowledge of continuous integration, software engineering

Soft Skills

Intermediate – Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

Intermediate – Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Intermediate – Ability to work independently

Intermediate – Demonstrated analytical skills

Intermediate – Demonstrated project management skills

Intermediate – Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Intermediate – Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision‑making skills

Intermediate – Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management

Intermediate – Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion

Intermediate – Possesses technical aptitude

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, health insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full‑time or part‑time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Seniority level: Not Applicable

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care, Insurance

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