Data Scientist, Consultant

Blue Shield of California; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Data Scientist, Consultant to co-create production‑grade AI products. You will develop and deploy ML and generative AI features across customer-facing apps and enterprise workflows such as claims and member experience.

You’ll prototype, evaluate, and iterate rapidly while collaborating with researchers and product managers to scale impact. You will lead API and backend development, ensure reliability, and promote responsible AI with strong statistical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in software development, applied AI/ML, and statistical analysis
• Demonstrated track record of building and shipping software products rapidly, not just developing models or analyses
• Working knowledge of machine learning and statistical analysis methods, with experience applying these techniques to business problems
• Strong software engineering skills and proficiency in Python, including building APIs and backend services
• Experience with ML design and ML infrastructure, including model deployment, evaluation, and data processing, and working with machine learning frameworks and libraries
• Hands-on experience with deep learning and LLM application frameworks, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, and LangGraph
• Hands-on experience building applications that leverage generative AI models, including prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy novel applications that leverage machine learning and generative AI models, contributing to the technical direction for AI, ML, and statistical analysis
• Design and develop scalable applications leveraging ML and generative AI models—LLM apps, copilots, agents, and RAG/search—embedded in customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Rapidly prototype new features and iterate based on evaluation results and statistical analysis
• Contribute to the architecture and development of new products and features from 0 to 1
• Collaborate with researchers and product managers to translate cutting-edge AI/ML research into tangible product features
• Build the APIs, services, and data and retrieval pipelines that expose AI/ML capabilities to applications
• Optimize software performance and ensure reliability of deployed applications
• Apply and promote best practices for building and deploying ML and generative AI applications
• Evaluate model performance using statistical analysis, analyze results, and implement improvements, ensuring responsible and compliant AI
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment

Skills

Python

APIs & Backend

ML Engineering

LLM / Generative AI

LangChain / LangGraph

Statistical Analysis

Deep Learning

Production-grade Software

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Statistics or equivalent

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

LangGraph

Spark / SQL

Azure / AWS / GCP

Job description

Your Role

The AI & Machine Learning team works in partnership across the enterprise to accelerate business outcomes by applying machine learning, statistical analysis, generative AI, and applied AI to build intelligent products that create "intelligence at scale." Reporting to the Director, AI & Machine Learning, the Data Scientist, Consultant will develop and deploy novel applications that leverage machine learning models, statistical methods, and generative AI. This role focuses on rapidly developing new features and working across partner teams to deliver solutions and maximize impact, translating cutting-edge AI research into real-world products and taking features from 0 to 1. You will design, build, and ship production-grade AI products, including LLM-powered applications, AI agents and copilots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and search, statistical models, and AI-enabled automation, embedded directly into customer-facing applications and enterprise workflows such as claims, payment integrity, clinical insights, and member experience.

Job Description

The AI & Machine Learning team works in partnership across the enterprise to accelerate business outcomes by applying machine learning, statistical analysis, generative AI, and applied AI to build intelligent products that create "intelligence at scale." Reporting to the Director, AI & Machine Learning, the Data Scientist, Consultant will develop and deploy novel applications that leverage machine learning models, statistical methods, and generative AI. This role focuses on rapidly developing new features and working across partner teams to deliver solutions and maximize impact, translating cutting-edge AI research into real-world products and taking features from 0 to 1. You will design, build, and ship production-grade AI products, including LLM-powered applications, AI agents and copilots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and search, statistical models, and AI-enabled automation, embedded directly into customer-facing applications and enterprise workflows such as claims, payment integrity, clinical insights, and member experience. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-perfoming teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Develop and deploy novel applications that leverage machine learning and generative AI models, contributing to the technical direction for AI, machine learning, and statistical analysis across the organization
• Design and develop scalable applications leveraging machine learning and generative AI models—LLM applications, copilots, agents, and RAG and search—embedded in customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Rapidly prototype new features and iterate based on evaluation results and statistical analysis
• Contribute to the architecture and development of new products and features from 0 to 1
• Collaborate with researchers and product managers to translate cutting-edge AI and machine learning research into tangible product features
• Build the APIs, services, and data and retrieval pipelines that expose AI and machine learning capabilities to applications
• Optimize software performance and ensure the reliability of deployed applications
• Apply and promote best practices for building and deploying machine learning and generative AI applications
• Evaluate model performance using statistical analysis, analyze results, and implement improvements, ensuring responsible and compliant AI
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in software development, applied AI/ML, and statistical analysis
• Demonstrated track record of building and shipping software products rapidly, not just developing models or analyses
• Working knowledge of machine learning and statistical analysis methods, with experience applying these techniques to business problems
• Strong software engineering skills and proficiency in Python, including building APIs and backend services
• Experience with ML design and ML infrastructure, including model deployment, evaluation, and data processing, and working with machine learning frameworks and libraries
• Hands-on experience with deep learning and LLM application frameworks, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, and LangGraph
• Hands-on experience building applications that leverage generative AI models, including prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

Preferred Knowledge And Experience

• Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience
• Experience with generative AI research or applications
• Experience building agent-based systems and working with orchestration frameworks
• Experience with cloud computing platforms and infrastructure (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS), and scalable data processing with SQL or Spark
• Solid MLOps and LLMOps practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, and model lifecycle management
• Experience rapidly developing and shipping software in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment, adapting to changing priorities
• Understanding of responsible AI and governance for regulated or healthcare environments

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company. Stellarus’ vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus’ objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California’s vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members. To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

JOB INFO

Job Schedule : Full time

• Locations :
• Oakland, CA, United States
• WA, United States
• OH, United States
• DC, United States
• CA, United States
• Long Beach, CA, United States
• AZ, United States
• CO, United States
• CT, United States
• FL, United States
• GA, United States
• MD, United States
• MN, United States
• NV, United States
• OR, United States
• El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
• San Diego, CA, United States
• Woodland Hills, CA, United States
• AL, United States
• IL, United States
• VA, United States
• WI, United States
• TX, United States
• NY, United States

Pay Range for California : $133500.00 to $200300.00

Pay Range for Bay Area : $150500.00 to $225800.00

Note : Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship : No