Senior AI Scientist – Healthcare ML & MLOps

L.A. Care Health Plan; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

L.A. Care Health Plan is seeking an Applied AI Scientist III to design, build, and deploy advanced AI/ML solutions that improve member outcomes and reduce waste.

You will lead projects across data, tech, and business teams to translate healthcare needs into scalable AI capabilities. The role combines healthcare domain expertise with cutting-edge ML, mentoring staff, and delivering production-grade models on enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of professional experience developing and deploying ML/AI in enterprise or healthcare.
• Experience leading full AI lifecycle—from problem framing to deployment and monitoring.
• Proven experience developing predictive models using healthcare data (claims, encounters, eligibility, quality metrics).
• Experience with Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, PySpark), distributed data frameworks (Spark), and MLOps concepts.
• Strong collaboration and mentorship experience, guiding junior data scientists and analysts.
• Experience integrating AI solutions into production with IT/Data Engineering.
• Experience with version control (Git) and model documentation best practices.
• Experience building and deploying models in production using MLOps frameworks and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, validate, and deploy complex AI/ML models across enterprise departments.
• Lead all phases of the AI solution lifecycle—from problem framing to deployment.
• Implement production-grade ML pipelines using modern MLOps practices.
• Serve as a SME in responsible and explainable AI, ensuring fairness and compliance.
• Partner with leaders to identify and prioritize new AI use cases aligned with transformation strategy.
• Translate business challenges into analytical problems and lead cross-functional data work.
• Work with cloud-based data/AI platforms (Snowflake, Azure ML, Databricks) to operationalize models.
• Mentor and coach staff, providing technical guidance and code reviews.
• Document model design, data sources, evaluation metrics, and deployment protocols.
• Communicate complex results to executives and operations.
• Contribute to reusable AI assets and templates to accelerate development.
• Stay current on AI/ML technologies and advise leadership on adoption opportunities.

Skills

Python

ML/AI

MLOps

Cross-functional

Mentorship

Education

Master's Degree

Doctorate preferred

Tools

Snowflake

Azure ML

Databricks

Git

Job description

L.A. Care Health Plan is seeking an Applied AI Scientist III to design, build, and deploy advanced AI/ML solutions that improve member outcomes and reduce waste.

You will lead projects across data, tech, and business teams to translate healthcare needs into scalable AI capabilities. The role combines healthcare domain expertise with cutting-edge ML, mentoring staff, and delivering production-grade models on enterprise platforms.