Bellese is a mission-driven Digital Services Company committed to pioneering innovative technology solutions in civic healthcare. Our dedication lies in making a meaningful impact on public health outcomes.

Driven by service design, we strive to know the “Why” to understand the healthcare journey for patients, caregivers, providers, payers, and policymakers. Our goal is to design and build solutions that reduce confusion, provide clarity, support decision making, and streamline the process so that we and our partners can focus on providing better health outcomes by improving patient care and reducing costs and burden.

The Team you will be joining:

HQR

Our team is charged with maintaining and improving the software at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that supports the Hospital Quality Reporting program. Thousands of hospitals across the country depend on these systems to submit quality measure data that reflects the care beneficiaries receive in their facility. Our teams will continuously strive to modernize these systems, while improving them in ways that reduce provider burden and minimize costs to CMS. We do this through HCD and Service design practices, product thinking, and skilled engineering. At Bellese, we’re relentlessly focused on enabling and empowering providers to focus on improving the quality and safety of patient care.

What you will be doing as a Senior Data Scientist:

Work collaboratively with Human Centered Design lead to take input from the below forums, analyze the data, visualize the data, and form insights and predictions supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives to increase price transparency for healthcare consumers through price shopping alternatives: Healthcare industry research, Academic research, Public data sets, Medicare claims data, Web analytics data, Ideation sessions with the client, Qualitative & quantitative user research
Support the product design process with data in a way that reflects and responds to the functional, social, and emotional behavior of users
Build predictive models, data visualizations, and tools for analysis
Build AI tools that automate processes, recommendation engines, and automated lead scoring systems
Provide insights through the combination of qualitative design research and exploratory data analysis
Research and analyze data sources for patterns and clusters to help further the analysis process developing features for the CMS Procedure Price Lookup (PPL) tool
Create data visualizations that tell stories to help stakeholders and end users understand a problem space or lead to an insight
Ability to solve problems while considering timeliness, effectiveness, and practicality in addressing product needs.
Ability to apply critical thinking skills to conduct an objective analysis of facts on a given topic or problem before formulating opinions or rendering judgments
Programming skills in R, Python and/or other programming languages used for data science purposes
Ability to collaborate closely with business and technical leaders.
Ability to work with machine learning frameworks, such as TensorflowWork in an agile environment, delivering incremental product functionality in short iterations
Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques
Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
Performing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
Creating an automated anomaly detection system and constant tracking of its performance
Participate in product discussions with the product owner, users, and the development team to understand and refine acceptance criteria and estimate user stories

Required Qualifications & Experience

Experience with Python, PySpark, R
Experience with unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
Experience with common data science toolkits, such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab, etc.
Experience with data visualization tools
Experience applying statistical methods and concepts, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
Experience with Sparklyr

Security Clearance Requirements

Work that matters, with perks that deliver. Discover how Bellese Technologies invests in you through a benefits suite that makes every day better

Remote First, Remote Only Culture
Four weeks paid time off yearly (prorated based on start date for the first year)
10 paid floating company holidays
Flexible schedule
Work from home setup including a Macbook
Collaborative, learning environment
Medical, dental, and company-paid vision insurance
Optional HSA account with some medical plans and a company contribution
Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverages
Company paid short and long term life insurance
Optional critical illness and accident insurance
401K plan with 3% safe harbor contribution
Wellness resources and virtual care
Perks Plus employee discounts

You will like it here if

You foster a collaborative ethos, driven by the mission to deliver exceptional customer service to clients. You are passionate about Healthcare and changing the healthcare landscape. You’re an out of the box thinker, always striving to know the “why” when it comes to building solutions. You excel in a team-oriented, remote-first environment characterized by mutual respect and open communication. Your adaptability and ability to navigate challenges ensure your success in any situation.