Senior Data Scientist
About Us: At Emendata, we help bridge the gap between data and the real world. We partner with organizations that have a social mission and help them tackle their problems using analytics. Our role in these partnerships goes end to end—we handle everything from wrangling the data to analyzing the problem to turning the results into something actionable. We know that this analytics pipeline does not live in a vacuum. Getting to meaningful numbers requires more than just the right methods; it calls for understanding the people, policies, data, and systems involved.
With this approach, our small but fast-growing team is having a big impact taking on challenges in healthcare program integrity – safeguarding programs like Medicare and Medicaid by preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. We are growing our team with people who enjoy figuring out hard problems, want their work to matter, and set a high bar for themselves and their teammates.
About the Role: We are looking for someone to turn ideas into practical analytic solutions. The ideal candidate can bring structure to an open-ended question, determine what needs to be understood, and thoughtfully chart a clear path forward. They pair a strong analytical foundation with the ability to apply what they know and determine what makes sense for the problem at hand. They maintain momentum from the initial question through the final del