Senior Data Scientist (Remote, Continental United States)

ICA.ai; Washington; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance (employer-paid)

Dental Insurance

Vision insurance

Health Spending Account

Flexible Spending Account

Life and Disability insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid Time Off

Education and Professional Development

Job summary

ICA.ai, a remote-friendly data science team in the United States, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to design and deliver ML and AI solutions for healthcare, federal health, and regulated environments.

The role requires strong Python/SQL, experience with unstructured data and NLP, and the ability to own projects from problem definition to production deployment. A Public Trust Clearance is required, and work is remote within EST with DMV-area preference.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Data Science or a related field.
• Significant hands-on experience delivering data science or ML systems beyond prototypes.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with solid foundations in statistics and experimentation.
• Experience with unstructured data, document processing, NLP, or LLM-based workflows.
• Ownership of complex projects from data to production deployment.
• Ability to assess data quality and its impact on downstream models and decisions.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, government, or regulated environments is preferred.
• Authorized to work in the United States and able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver ML, analytics, NLP, and generative-AI solutions from data to production outputs.
• Develop multi-stage workflows transforming diverse data sources into actionable outputs.
• Build and evaluate predictive models, analytics, and decision-support workflows.
• Establish data quality, evaluation, monitoring, and governance processes.
• Diagnose weaknesses and redesign or decommission ineffective approaches.
• Collaborate with teams, clients, and leadership to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Python & SQL

NLP & LLMs

Data Analysis

Statistics & ML

Unstructured Data

Production Deployment

Data Governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

AWS

Docker

MLflow

Git

Job description

About ICA, Inc.

ICA, Inc. is a rapidly growing company, located in the D.C./Metro area. We were founded in 2009 to assist government clients with evaluating and achieving their objectives. We have become a trusted advisor helping our clients by offering cutting-edge innovation and solutions to complex projects. Our small company has grown significantly, and we're overjoyed at the opportunity to expand yet again!

We are results-focused and have a proven track record supporting federal agencies and large government services primes in three main areas: Research and Data Analysis, Advanced-Data Science, and Strategic Services. We currently support multiple analytics and research programs across HHS.

At ICA, we believe our success starts with our people. We foster a collaborative "one team" environment where work-life balance isn't just talked about -- it's prioritized. We're building dynamic, highly skilled teams in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. If you're passionate about using your technical expertise to make a difference, we want to talk to you.

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our growing team!

ABOUT THE ROLE:

ICA.ai is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to design and deliver data science and AI solutions for complex healthcare, federal health, and regulated-data environments. This role requires strong technical depth, practical judgment, and the ability to take ownership from ambiguous problem definition through evaluation and production. A Public Trust Clearance is required for the role, and we will work with you to obtain this.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and build machine-learning, analytics, NLP, and generative-AI solutions using structured and unstructured data
• Develop multi-stage workflows that transform complex source data---including documents and free text---into reliable, actionable outputs.
• Build and evaluate downstream data-science solutions such as predictive models, prioritization, classification, analytics, and decision-support workflows.
• Establish rigorous approaches to data quality, experimentation, model evaluation, validation, monitoring, and human review.
• Diagnose weak-performing approaches, identify root causes, and redesign or abandon solutions when evidence does not support deployment.
• Design solutions with appropriate consideration for provenance, lineage, privacy, reproducibility, data governance, and AI governance.
• Work with technical teams, domain experts, clients, and leadership to translate complex requirements into defensible technical solutions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience in Data Science or related field
• Significant hands-on experience delivering data science or machine-learning systems beyond prototypes.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with solid foundations in statistics, machine learning, experimentation, and data analysis.
• Meaningful experience working with unstructured data, such as document processing, information extraction, NLP, text analytics, or LLM-based workflows.
• Demonstrated ownership of technically complex projects, including decisions around data, architecture, evaluation, failure analysis, and production deployment.
• Ability to understand how upstream data quality and extraction errors affect downstream models and decisions.
• Strong analytical judgment and willingness to challenge assumptions when results do not support them.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, government, regulated industries, or similarly high-accountability environments is strongly preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and have lived in the US for 3 or more consecutive years.
• Must be able and willing to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AI ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY:

All application materials must be your own original work, and interviews must be completed independently. The use of AI-generated content or AI-assisted technologies during the application or interview process is prohibited unless interviewers provide explicit permission for specific activities during a live technical assessment. Any unauthorized use of AI will result in disqualification from the hiring process.

BENEFITS:

We invest in our team members so you can live your best life professionally and personally, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

• Health Insurance -100% employer-paid premiums -- ICA covers the full cost of one of three offered medical plans
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life and Disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays)
• Education and Professional Development Assistance
• Remote work from anywhere within the continental United States

LOCATION & TELEWORK

This is a remote position following Eastern Standard Time (EST). Candidates residing in the DMV area preferred.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

ICA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.