Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Centene Corporation is a diversified national organization focused on improving health outcomes through technology. The Lead Machine Learning Engineer will design and develop scalable solutions using AI tools and machine-learning models, and lead the research and development of complex ML systems.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the design, development, and research around complex Machine Learning (ML) systems, models, and schemes to apply to appropriate datasets for data modeling and statistical analysis
• Identifies differences in data distribution that could affect model performance in real-world situations
• Analyzes large and complex use cases of ML algorithms and apply findings to enable business decisions by deriving insights through data visualization
• Leads the maintenance and support of ML/AI software platforms by reviewing and solving issues and running ML/AI models
• Communicates business objectives and develop complex models that help to achieve them, along with metrics to track their progress
• Leads the writing of complex software documentation and complex software code to extract data from a variety of databases and data sources
• Manages available resources such as hardware, data, and personnel so that deadlines are met and deploy predictive models using established software patterns
• Leads the analysis of the ML algorithms that could be used to solve a given problem and rank them by their success probability
• Explores and visualizes data to gain an understanding of it and verify data quality, and/or ensure data quality via data cleaning
• Analyzes errors of the model and implements strategies to overcome errors
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future
• A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and requires 5 – 7 years of related experience
• Experience with one or more of the following: C#, Database Design, Java, JavaScript, Machine Learning and Machine Learning Algorithms, Python, R (Programming Language), SQL, Statistics
• Experience with Continuous Integration, Linux and Predictive Modelling
• Experience with compute clouds, creating database schemas, continuous deployment
• Experience building ML/AI models using common methods within R and Python
• Knowledge of Open CV Linux
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to work independently
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
• Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management
• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion