Alto Pharmacy is hiring a
Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join Alto Pharmacy, a full-service digitally-powered pharmacy, as a Data Scientist to drive innovation and improve prescription processing efficiency. Collaborate with Product & Engineering teams to tackle challenging problems in retail pharmacy. Develop machine learning models with business impact and ship ML/AI solutions to production.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a quantitative field, such as Mathematics, Computer Science, Accounting, Engineering, or Economics
• Five years or more of experience as a Data Scientist or a BA/BS degree in a quantitative field with at least 7 years of experience as a Data Scientist
• Demonstrated experience developing machine learning models with business impact, and shipping ML/AI solutions to production
• Demonstrated experience with NLP, LLMs, Generative AI, and/or Reinforcement Learning
• Strong programming background in Python, high level of proficiency in SQL and Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to inform and influence a non-technical audience using insights found through complex technical concepts
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a strong bias toward actionable insights; love finding insights and getting others to act on them
• Expertise using project management fundamentals and applying data-based prioritization and trade-off decision making

Responsibilities

• Be a thought leader in the ML space and continue to identify opportunities to build intelligence and automate prescription processing while maintaining industry leading patient safety standards
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain statistical and machine learning solutions leveraging NLP, generative AI, and reinforcement learning
• Push the envelope on our operational efficiency by continually refining and advancing our algorithms and models
• Collaborate closely with product managers, software engineers, data scientists, and pharmacists to deeply understand Alto’s business needs and create impactful ML applications
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to the development of best practices within the Data Science team

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field, such as Mathematics, Computer Science, Accounting, Engineering, or EconomicsExperience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industry
• Experience with supply chain optimization, marketplaces, or logistics
• Proficiency in using cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure leveraging toolkits such as Kubeflow

Benefits

Full-time: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Group Life, AD&D, Employer paid STD/LTD, generous PTO and parental leave