NLP Data Scientist — VA Claims Analytics

SteerBridge, Inc.; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Federal Holidays

Job summary

SteerBridge is seeking an NLP Data Scientist to support the Modern Disability Claims program, applying natural language processing and machine learning to extract, structure, and analyze medical and claims data in support of VA disability claims adjudication. This role blends deep NLP/transformer expertise with hands-on experience in healthcare and claims data.

Requires U.S. citizenship, ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance, 1–3 years of Python experience with NLP tools, and collaboration

Qualifications

• Citizenship in the U.S. is required.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in math, stats, CS, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years in Python, AWS Comprehend Medical, Google Cloud NLP, and transformers.
• Familiar with SQL, Jupyter notebooks, and collaborative coding.
• Ability to explain complex data concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience delivering data science projects in government or healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Extract medical and claims data using NLP; tune models with VA datasets.
• Build and maintain NLP pipelines to support automation and analytics in claims adjudication.
• Collaborate with VA stakeholders to define data science requirements and deliver impactful solutions.
• Ensure quality control, model accuracy, and performance through testing and iteration.
• Document data processing workflows, model design, and tuning procedures.
• Contribute to integration of NLP models within VA systems and infrastructure.

Skills

Python

NLP

Transformers

SQL

Jupyter notebooks

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related discipline

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud NLP

Job description

SteerBridge is seeking an NLP Data Scientist to support the Modern Disability Claims program, applying natural language processing and machine learning to extract, structure, and analyze medical and claims data in support of VA disability claims adjudication. This role blends deep NLP/transformer expertise with hands-on experience in healthcare and claims data.

Requires U.S. citizenship, ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance, 1–3 years of Python experience with NLP tools, and collaboration