Data Scientist II

Opportunity Overview:

We are looking for innovative and creative individuals who seize opportunities to uncover hidden drivers, impacts, and key influences to support our product, leadership and clinical teams by applying optimization and statistical methods on a variety of data. You will work closely with the clinical program and product teams to support decision-making and will dig into a wide range of strategic and clinical problems.

As a growing organization, we have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about helping providers and patients and this is a position that offers the ability to make a substantial impact on the company with rapid growth opportunities. You will be part of a growing data science team within the technology organization.

What you’ll do:

• Play a key role in gathering business requirements, using them for trend analysis and uncovering actionable insights, and writing technical requirements; using a variety of analytic tools
• Perform in-depth analysis of healthcare data coupled with data from product and other sources to independently design, develop, and deliver analytic deliverables that meet quality, cost and service objectives
• Leverage a variety of cutting-edge technologies, including LLM and stochastic optimization, to support faster and better decision making
• Train, fine-tune, and deliver LLMs and advanced deep learning models for tasks such as anomaly detection, threat classification, and automated analysis of security data.
• Leveraging data from various sources, e.g., eligibility, medical, pharmacy claims, and data submitted by providers via the prior authorization process, working with Clinical Programs to analyze and simulate expected impact and ROI, e.g., medical expense, administrative cost, improved quality and outcomes
• Present information using data visualization techniques and propose solutions and strategies to business challenges
• Be able to manage data science projects with some supervision, including understanding business impact, defining scope, setting timeline, methodology, stakeholder communication, deployment, production monitoring and success metrics

What you’ll need:

• 2+ years analytical experience at company where health outcomes were critical to the mission, preferably a healthcare analytics company or population health organization
• Proficient in current modeling approaches, standard scientific methods for intervention based analysis, trend identification, and data analytics
• Strong experience using a variety of data mining/data analysis methods, utilizing a variety of analytic tools, building and implementing models, creating algorithms and running simulations
• Knowledge of NLP, LLMs (extractive and generative), fine-tuning and LLM model development, familiar with higher level trends in LLMs and open-source platforms
• Experience with graph database managing clinical concept is a big plus
• Experience with programming languages (Python, R, PySpark, Scala and/or Spark SQL)
• Strong interest and understanding of EMR data, Claims and SDOH data
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau and  Kibana, preferred
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM, public health, biostatistics, economics, or other related field
• Experience with Amazon AWS cloud platform (preferred)

Pay & Perks:

💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel

🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program 

📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account 

🏝️ Up to 184 hours (23 days) of PTO per year + company holidays

👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave 

🐶 Pet insurance  

The salary range for this position is $105,000 to $120,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment.

Interview Process*:

1. Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening
2. Take home Assessment
3. Case Study Presentation
4. Meet your Hiring Manager
5. Behavioral Interviews

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics. Cohere Health works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually. Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members.

With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.

Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, Cohere Health drives more transparent, streamlined healthcare processes, helping patients receive faster, more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes.

The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.

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