Data Scientist (Actuarial)

About the role

Join Sprinter, a health tech company focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. As a Data Scientist with an actuarial focus, you will build models to quantify the long-term economic value of Sprinter's programs. You will work closely with health plans and their actuarial teams, turning analysis into actionable insights. This is a hands-on role where you will define what success looks like and have a direct impact on the company's growth. Key missions: Construire des modèles de coût total des soins, PMPM et MLR à partir des données de réclamations pour quantifier l'impact à long terme des programmes de Sprinter.. Projections sur la manière dont les interventions modifient les coûts, l'utilisation et le risque sur des horizons pluriannuels, et quantification de l'incertitude entourant ces projections.. Produire des résultats de modèle et des tableaux que les actuaires d'un payeur peuvent intégrer directement dans leur tarification, leur constitution de réserves et leur travail d'offre. Profile: - Ability to hold your own with actuaries and medical-economics teams, and to explain the analysis to non-technical stakeholders - Honesty about causal inference — what a given design can and cannot claim - Deep experience building actuarial or health-economic models from administrative claims: total cost of care, PMPM, utilization, trend, and risk - Strong SQL and Python or R, with the ability to build and own your models end to end - Command of the methods payers price on — MLR, risk adjustment, and multi-year projection — and the judgment to know their limits - Actuarial credentials (ASA, FSA, MAAA, or actuarial exam progress) — welcome but not required - Payer-side, value-based-care, or risk-bearing experience; familiarity with Medicare Advantage, Stars, and risk adjustment - Experience producing analysis that a customer or partner built into their own pricing or reserving - Fluency with AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) in your day-to-day development workflow