Data Science Engineer, Contracts
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Turquoise-health · Worldwide$145K–$160K/yrFull-timeRemote2mo ago
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About the role
We're looking for a driven, entrepreneurial Data Science Engineer to join our team and help eliminate the financial complexity of healthcare. You'll join our Data Science Engineering team supporting Contracts, embedded with product engineering to turn complex payer-provider contracts into structured, usable pricing data.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain software and data pipelines in support of contract management and AI-assisted workflows
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and subject matter experts to conceptualize, prototype, and build data solutions
- Contribute to data capabilities around contract modeling, automated pricing, and payer policy intelligence
- Draft technical design and documentation
- Seek and prioritize technical and product feedback from internal customers
- Iterate quickly with an eye towards value
- What you'll bring to the role
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome.
- 2+ years developing data models, pipelines, and end-to-end analytical solutions in Python and SQL. Comfortable with OOP and functional patterns, code organization beyond scripts, and debugging workflows.
- Experience with dataframe libraries (pandas, polars)
- Familiarity with backend web app development (Django) or willingness to learn
- Experience with ETL/ELT workflows and orchestration (Airflow, dbt); comfort with cloud services (AWS S3, EC2, RDS)
- Ability to design data systems with scalability, performance, and cost efficiency in mind, particularly for compute- and data-intensive workloads
- Entrepreneurial mindset: you prioritize tasks with an eye for evolving business needs
- Comfortable working remotely in a collaborative, technical team
- Bonus points for experience with
- Healthcare administrative data (claims, eligibility) ETL or analysis
- Revenue cycle and healthcare payments
- Payer-provider contracts (aka, managed care)
- Text classification or entity resolution
- RAG pipelines, vector databases, or retrieval evaluation
- Thoughtful use of AI coding agents and LLMs in development workflows
Benefits
Competitive pay with equity optionsStellar health care plan options (Medical, Dental & Vision), with FSA, DCFSA, & HSA optionsCompany-sponsored disability & life insuranceUnlimited PTO401(k) + 4% MatchingFully remote work + flexible working hours$750 work-from-home setup budgetPaid bi-annual in-person company gatheringsQuarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkersMonthly $100 health and wellness benefitGenerous paid family leaveAnnual $1,200 learning & development stipendAbout Turquoise HealthWe operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role, we are seeking US-based candidates.Disability Accommodation EmailHealth insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Paid time offRemote work optionsFlexible scheduleEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus
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