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ABOUT THIS POSITION
Designs develops and programs methods processes and systems to consolidate and analyze unstructured diverse “big data” sources to generate actionable insights and solutions for client services and product enhancement. Interacts with product and service teams to identify questions and issues for data analysis and experiments. Develops and codes software programs algorithms and automated processes to cleanse integrate and evaluate large datasets from multiple disparate sources. Identifies meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources; interprets and communicates insights and findings from analysis and experiments to product service and business managers. Incumbents whose primary role is technical and focused on data storage warehousing and systems architecture should be matched to Database Engineering or Storage Engineering. Incumbents whose focus is the quantitative analysis of complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources to provide insight to decision-makers should be matched to Business Intelligence. Incumbents whose primary role is technical and focused on designing and building system-generated reports reporting tools and dashboards for data generation should be matched to Data Informatics. Incumbents whose focus is primarily on experimental design and advanced or complex statistical analysis and modeling of datasets should be matched to Statistician/Mathematician. This is a product engineering role in which employees work with multiple types of business data. Incumbents whose focus is primarily on analysis and modeling of financial marketing or pricing data should be matched to Finance Market Research or Pricing as appropriate. May be internal operations-focused or external client-focused working in conjunction with Professional Services and outsourcing functions.WHAT YOU'LL DO
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist who has previously supported Healthcare software applications. The data scientist role involves solving technical data-driven Healthcare problems using computer science mathematical predictive modeling and statistical methods & knowledge. This person will interact with teams from Account Management to Application Engineering and R&D to conduct detailed analysis and experimentation to maximize the utility of predictive modeling analytic and machine learning across Waystar's product line. The role will focus on extending machine learning predictive modeling and analytic components to provide up-to-date intelligence to Healthcare providers maximizing outcomes. An ideal candidate for this position can approach problem-solving challenges independently has a strong attention to detail and enjoys working in a fast-paced collaborative and team-based environment.
- Additional Job Description
- Complete familiarity with various statistical and machine learning techniques including: classification regression dimension reduction clustering and various multivariate methods
- Complete familiarity with empirical approaches to estimate performance of machine learning models including: hold-out sets cross-validation leave-one-out testing
- Understanding of orders of algorithms and how they scale
- Demonstrated competency in R/Python predictive modeling
- Demonstrated competency in RDBMS (e.g. SQL Server)
- Ability to code in 1+ general purpose programming language (C# Java etc.)
- Must be a quick-learner with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Outstanding presentation abilities and the ability to communicate with all levels of the Business
- Comfortable working in newly-forming ambiguous areas where learning and adaptability are key skills
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Must possess strong analytical problem-solving and writing skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Detail-oriented
- Master of Science degree or higher in the fields of Computer Science Statistics or Mathematics is preferred
- An aptitude for medical informatics is preferred
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Additional Job Description
- Works closely with Application Engineering Product Management and Operational teams in designing experimenting-with and implementing machine learning and analytical systems applied to design information and user behavior
- Works closely with Application Engineering teams to gather and process data as well as in surfacing various analytically-based features in core products
- Works on groundbreaking new applications of machine learning and analytic technology to Healthcare producing quantitative justifiable results to guide feature planning
- Translates real-world Healthcare problems to mathematical frameworks
- Works with Product Management Marketing and Sales as needed to promote sales and to incorporate market and customer feedback
- Data exploration hypothesis creation (from business and product goals) testing algorithms scaling to large data-sets and validating results will be common tasks for this role
- Understands organizes and communicates root causes of problems and successes succinctly
ABOUT WAYSTAR
Through a smart platform and better experience Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.
Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative cloud-based technology robust data and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities. Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers 1K+ hospitals and health systems and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. We are deeply committed to living out our organizational values: honesty; kindness; passion; curiosity; fanatical focus; best work always; making it happen; and joyful optimistic & fun.
Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500000 providers 1000 health systems and hospitals and 5000 payers and health plans. For more information visit waystar.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.
WAYSTAR PERKS
- Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus if applicable)
- Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
- We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays including 2 personal floating holidays. We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
- Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
- Free mental health and family planning programs including adoption assistance and fertility support
- 401(K) program with company match
- Pet insurance
- Employee resource groups
Waystar is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate value and support diversity and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
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What We Do
Waystar provides market-leading technology that simplifies and unifies healthcare payments. Our cloud-based platform streamlines workflows and improves financials for healthcare providers of all kinds and brings more transparency to the patient financial experience. The Waystar platform is used by more than 450k providers 750 health systems and hospitals and 5k health plans—and integrates with all major HIS and practice management systems. The financial and administrative challenges facing healthcare providers are daunting. Waystar’s technology platform simplifies and unifies healthcare payments across the revenue cycle. We empower healthcare organizations to automate manual work gain insight into processes and performance and ultimately collect more revenue. At Waystar we know there’s a better more efficient way forward. Let’s climb the mountain ahead of us to reach new heights in healthcare.
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Date Posted
04/25/2026
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