WellSky
Data Scientist
Overland Park, KS · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- The Data Scientist is responsible for turning unstructured healthcare data into standardized, analysis-ready assets that power Life Sciences and RWE use cases.
- WellSky is proud to be a drug-free workplace.
Responsibilities
- Develop, prompt, and orchestrate LLM- and agent-based pipelines to perform extraction, normalization, and enrichment tasks against diverse and messy source documents.
- Define and implement rigorous evaluation frameworks to measure agent and model performance on these tasks, including gold-standard datasets, accuracy and error-mode analysis, and ongoing monitoring of output quality.
- Build and maintain an agentic harness that enables users to query data and generate dashboards through natural language (an internal analog to agentic analysis tools such as Claude Cowork for our data).
- Partner with data platform, engineering, and Life Sciences stakeholders to translate business use cases into technical requirements and analysis-ready data products.
- Perform other job duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- 4 years related work experience
Nice to have
- Experience applying large language models and/or agentic frameworks to real-world data extraction or transformation tasks.
- Experience with clinical terminologies and coding systems (e.g., ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC) and with natural language processing on clinical or biomedical text.
- Familiarity with Life Sciences or Real-World Data / Real-World Evidence (RWD/RWE) use cases.
- Experience designing evaluation methodologies for AI/ML or LLM systems (accuracy metrics, annotation, error analysis).
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, and experience working within a modern data platform or cloud environment.
- Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed
- Must work in accordance with applicable security policies and procedures to safeguard company and client information
- Must be able to sit and view a computer screen for extended periods of time
Compensation
- Educational assistance up to $2500 per year
Benefits
- Contribute to responsible AI practices, including appropriate handling and de-identification of sensitive healthcare data.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants for U.S.-based positions with WellSky must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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