Remote Data Analytics Developer for Health Policy

Mathematica, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock ownership (ESOP)

Remote-eligible role

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Mathematica, Inc. is seeking a Data Analytics Developer (Remote Eligible) to advance health policy research using Python and SQL.

The role supports processing large Medicare/Medicaid data and surveys, builds scalable data pipelines on cloud platforms, and partners with researchers to translate findings into actionable insights. The ideal candidate has 1–5 years of programming experience, strong data manipulation skills, and knowledge of cloud services.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree with a strong academic record in computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, biostatistics, public health, public administration, public policy, sociology, political science, or a related field.
• 1-5 years of programming experience in a professional or academic environment.
• Programming experience using Python, SQL, SAS, R or Stata, or a similar data engineering or statistical language.
• Experience performing data pipelining or analytics using cloud computing platforms and services, such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and/or Databricks is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Working with large secondary data sources such as Medicare and Medicaid administrative claims data and survey data to effectively answer research questions about health care policy.
• Providing creating and best practice solutions for data processing optimization, commonly on cloud computing platforms
• Ensuring data quality through all stages of data processing with rigorous quality control
• Iteratively informing requirements and specifications, which will include articulating findings and working with researchers to adjust specifications and code as interim results are found

Skills

Python

SQL

SAS

R

Stata

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Economics / Math / Statistics / Biostatistics / Public Health / Public Administration / Public Policy / Sociology / Political Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Databricks

Job description

Mathematica, Inc. is seeking a Data Analytics Developer (Remote Eligible) to advance health policy research using Python and SQL.

The role supports processing large Medicare/Medicaid data and surveys, builds scalable data pipelines on cloud platforms, and partners with researchers to translate findings into actionable insights. The ideal candidate has 1–5 years of programming experience, strong data manipulation skills, and knowledge of cloud services.