Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mathematica is a company focused on improving well-being through data science and analytics. They are seeking a Sr. Data Analytics Developer who will lead the development of scalable data pipelines and analysis systems to influence decision-making in U.S. health care policy.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development of scalable data pipelines and analysis systems involving large secondary data sources such as Medicare and Medicaid administrative claims data and survey data to effectively answer research questions about health care policy
• Providing creative and best practice solutions for data processing optimization, commonly on cloud computing platforms
• Ensuring data quality through all stages of data processing with rigorous quality control
• Iteratively informing requirements and specifications, which will include articulating findings and working with researchers to adjust specifications and code as interim results are found
• Mentoring junior developers to follow technical standards and best practices, and may lead small teams of 2-3 developers

Skills

• Bachelor's degree with a strong academic record in computer science, economics, applied mathematics, statistics, public health, public administration, public policy, sociology, political science, or a related field
• 5+ years of in-depth programming experience in a professional and/or academic environment
• Programming expertise using Python, SQL, SAS, R, Stata, or a similar data engineering or statistical language
• Strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to build consensus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including an ability to explain technical concepts and/or engineering approaches to a non-technical audience
• Has the ability to pass a background investigation or security clearance for federally contracted project work
• Master's degree preferred
• Experience performing data pipelining or analytics using cloud computing platforms and services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and/or Databricks is strongly preferred
• Experience processing and analyzing health care claims is preferred
• Subject-matter knowledge in healthcare data preferred
• Holding an active Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Enterprise User Administration (EUA) ID is desired

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• A comprehensive benefits package
• The advantages of being 100 percent employee owned
• Financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength
• Being part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength
• Coworking spaces where available

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