Applied Scientist III

Job overview

The Applied Scientist III role is onsite in New York, NY, with a target base compensation range of $200,000–$230,000 per year. Garner Health says its mission is to improve the U.S. healthcare system by helping members find higher-quality care and helping employers lower healthcare costs. The scientist designs, develops, and deploys algorithmic systems that power Garner’s products. The role owns complex problems from framing and method selection through production deployment and evaluation, contributing to better care recommendations and outcomes for members.

What you'll do

• Own ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end
• translate healthcare and business constraints into objectives and decision frameworks
• define and validate metrics
• select appropriate machine-learning, optimization, heuristic, or rule-based approaches
• develop novel solutions
• review work and establish quality standards and evaluation tools
• and build understanding of the healthcare economy and Garner’s role in it.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

applied scientist iii

applied science

new york ny

garner health

$200,000–$230,000/year

machine learning

optimization

healthcare algorithms

ai

python

sql

pytorch

llms

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity incentive eligibility
• flexible PTO
• medical, dental, and vision plan options
• 401(k) with company match
• flexible spending accounts
• Teladoc Health.

Why this role

The posting describes work on provider tiering optimization, an AI primary-care experience, and member engagement models, using tools including Python, SQL, AWS, Snowflake, XGBoost, PyTorch, and modern LLM tooling.

About the employer

Garner Health is hiring for this role. Industry: Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers. Sector: 52.