Position: Principal Data Scientist (temporary HealthCare project)
Company: Neurons Lab
Category: Data Science
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-12-01T00:00:00+02:00

**Client:** US startup, series A stage, currently raising series B
**Domain:** dental industry

**Product: **revenue management software to help dental clinics to manage insurance claims about patients procedures faster and identify potential problems that might hurt or delay revenue streams

**Project:** to build a model that based on the tabular data about the dental procedures claim will predict which medical procedures will be compensated by the insurance company, and which share of the cost of the procedures will be compensated (might be 50% or 75$ for instance). Dataset is available. Deliverables should be just models and Python code.

**Technologies:**

- Python, 
- statistical learning, boosting 
- tree-based models, 
- neural networks, 
- tabular data analysis, 
- xgboost, 
- catboost, 
- categorical data analysis, 
- categorical embeddings 

- Experience in insurance and/or retail domains would be a plus

**Challenges & responsibilities**

- applying a wide range of computational methods to the data from clinical observations
- prioritizing the optimal technology set in a particular project
- research papers analysis
- hands-on implementation of the crucial solution pieces
- supporting and mentoring data science and engineering teams

**We offer**

- Flexible schedules and the ability to work remotely from any part of the world
- Meaningful and challenging projects
- Professional development and growth
- High-level of independence and no micromanagement
- Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses
- Warm atmosphere of young and smart people building something they are really proud of

**Project length:** 6 weeks, PoC stage
**Expected load:** ~ 10h/week