Senior Data Scientist, LLM
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
At Nuna, our mission is to make high-quality healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone. We are dedicated to tackling one of our nation’s biggest problems with ingenuity, creativity, and a keen moral compass.
Nuna is committed to simple principles: a rigorous understanding of data, modern technology, and most importantly, compassion and care for our fellow human. We want to know what really works, what doesn't—and why.
YOUR TEAM
The Data Organization at Nuna is an interdisciplinary group spanning data science, machine learning, data analytics, actuarial science, and research.
The Data Science team is responsible for evaluating impact and developing critical algorithmic features across Nuna’s product suite. This involves bringing analytical rigor to product definition, monitoring, and evaluation, as well as design and development of predictive algorithms. The Data Science team takes ownership from the definition of input data requirements through to ensuring successful implementation. The team has a strong culture of internal algorithm review and collaboration. Data science works closely with engineering, product, design, and account management teams.
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
We are looking for someone who is excited to use their creativity and analytical skills to make a difference in healthcare. You will join a team building a consumer product that incentivizes healthy behavior. You will have a foundational role in this product and be responsible for building out a core capability around LLM safety and evaluation.
Design critical algorithmic components of an LLM evaluation systemGenerate insights from large corpuses of free text dataKeep up to date with the latest advances in LLM tooling and capabilitiesCurate and develop datasets needed to support your project deliverablesCollaborate with cross-functional partners in engineering, design, and product to develop solutionsGenerate and prioritize new opportunities for improvements
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Experience with NLP and/or LLM-based algorithms Have shipped production algorithms to customersStrong machine learning fundamentalsAbility to solicit and translate customer and business needs into requirements and an evaluation frameworkInterest in improving healthcare and working with interdisciplinary project teamsClear communication and presentation skills MS in a quantitative field (e.g. Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Engineering)5-10 years of industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience fine-tuning LLM modelsExperience working with medical text dataPhD in a quantitative field3-5 years of industry experience
We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining final salary. This role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, participation in the company’s equity program, paid time off, including vacation and sick leave. The expected salary range for this position is $216,000 to $249,000. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, and skillset.
Nuna is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics and/or veteran status.
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