Data Scientist

Atlanta, GA, United States

AT A GLANCE We are looking to hire a Data Scientist to join our RVO Health data science team. We are building an industry leading healthcare platform that will integrate the consumer health journey and help consumers access the right information, care, products, and services at the right time, bringing differentiated value to the lives of millions of people. We are a new joint venture formed via a partnership between Red Ventures, one of the worlds premier digital and consumer analytics companies, and UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest healthcare providers in the world. We're developing applications that will impact how we produce media, personalize our site experience, scale our teammates' reach, and provide our services to every consumer. We're a growing team made up of a mix of data scientists, machine learning engineers, analytics engineers, data engineers, and product managers. We welcome candidates from different backgrounds and believe that diverse, inclusive teams are better teams.

Where You'll Be To prioritize togetherness, culture, and accountability, RVO Health operates on a hybrid in-office work schedule. We expect employees to work from our Atlanta office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week. You are welcome to work remotely Mondays and Fridays if you wish.

Atlantic Station 271 17th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30363

What Youll Do

Create and refine ML/AI algorithms, to support the development of digital health solutions

Collaborate with Technical Product Managers and Software Engineers to integrate AI and machine learning models into our products

Research the state of the art of machine learning, statistical modeling and optimization technologies, and their applications in digital marketing, digital media, and e-commerce.

Create innovative data science solutions to create value for consumers and business by advancing technology ideas into proofs of concept.

Initiate and lead the execution of data science research and product development often with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams. Collaborate with stakeholders to drive decisions.

Act as an effective technical liaison to the business leaders. Work effectively across business, creative, and engineering groups to build a positive culture.

Help create and promote an inclusive environment where team members feel comfortable and empowered.

What Were Looking For Our core problems to solve are:

Website personalization - using contextual multi-armed bandits and other reinforcement learning approaches.

Generative AI Application - leveraging recent advances of large language models and their derivatives to innovate on the current site experiences and create net new user experiences.

Recommender systems - represent a large user and item space in a way to efficiently retrieve and rank personalized recommendations to our users.

Preferred Qualifications Ability to own key deliverables and use problem solving to deliver projects on time and iterate when justified by potential, incremental value.

Entrepreneur mindset with strong business acumen and capability of coming up with creative ideas to generate value for consumers and business with a proven track record of advancing research ideas into production.

Proficiency in one or multiple literate statistical programming languages like R, Python, or Scala. Our machine learning team primarily builds production algorithms in python, but we are open to candidates with different backgrounds.

Experience leveraging technical expertise to identify the feasibility of potential machine learning projects, ensuring the team is delivering value on feasible projects.

Familiarity with deep learning applied to a relevant domain like NLP or representation learning, e.g. RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers and associated libraries - tensorflow, keras, or pytorch.

Familiarity with LangChain, vector databases, or other LLM related tools

Pursuant to various state Fair Pay Acts, below is a summary of compensation elements for this role at the company. The following benefits are provided by RVO Health, subject to eligibility requirements.

Starting Salary: $94,400 - $120,000

*Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications and experience

Access to a Free Udemy for Business subscriptionthousands of hours of learning content on hundreds of different subjects at your fingertips

Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)

Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

401(k) with match

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program

Who We Are:

Founded in 2022, RVO Health is a new healthcare platform of digital media brands, services and technologies focused on building relationships with people throughout their health & wellness journey. We meet people where they are in their personal health journeys and connect them with both the information and the care they need. RVO Health was created by joining teams from both Red Ventures and UnitedHealth Groups Optum Health. Together were focused on delivering on our vision of a stronger and healthier world.

RVO Health is comprised of Healthline Media (Healthline, Medical News Today, Psych Central, Greatist and Bezzy), Healthgrades, FindCare and PlateJoy; Optum Perks, Optum Store and the virtual coaching platforms Real Appeal, Wellness Coaching, and QuitForLife.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

RVO Health is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at RVO Health is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

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