Data Scientist II — Healthcare Predictive Analytics (Remote)

Centene Corporation; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off & holidays

Remote/hybrid/office/work scheduleFlex

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking a skilled data scientist who will lead advanced analytics initiatives across healthcare datasets. The role focuses on building predictive models and scalable ML workflows to drive better health outcomes.

You will collaborate with analytics engineers, validate models, monitor performance, and communicate insights to business partners. A strong foundation in statistics, programming, and cloud analytics is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Informatics, Econometrics, Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of experience.
• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of quantitative analysis experience in data science capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy predictive models and ML solutions using structured and unstructured data.
• Partner with Analytics Engineers to build scalable data pipelines, ML workflows, and production-ready solutions.
• Provide technical oversight for model development, validation, monitoring, and governance.
• Design and construct analysis tools that extract and analyze data and store results for business needs.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis from complex data sources and build key data sets.
• Evaluate and design experiments to monitor key metrics and identify improvements.
• Develop mathematical and statistical models to distinguish relevant content or events and recognize patterns.
• Present results and insights from analysis and findings.
• Design automated analytics processes to achieve scalable and durable analysis.
• Validate and measure outcomes of health management programs using SAS, R and other tools.
• Manage multiple projects as assigned.
• Assist with training Data Analysts.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML frameworks

MLOps

Education

Master's degree in Statistics/Math/CS/Informatic/Engineering

Bachelor's degree + 5+ years experience

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Teradata

Job description

Centene Corporation is seeking a skilled data scientist who will lead advanced analytics initiatives across healthcare datasets. The role focuses on building predictive models and scalable ML workflows to drive better health outcomes.

You will collaborate with analytics engineers, validate models, monitor performance, and communicate insights to business partners. A strong foundation in statistics, programming, and cloud analytics is essential.