CVS Health

Bringing our heart to every moment of your health.

Principal Data Scientist

Data ScientistData ScientistFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1963H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

North Carolina

Posted

23 days ago

Salary

$144.2K - $288.4K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishNumpyPandasPythonPy TorchScikit LearnSparkSQLTensorflow

Job Description

• Building models for "what if" scenarios planning of the impact of market dynamics, regulatory changes, and pharmaceutical innovation on the financials of the company and our clients.

Job Requirements

  • Advanced proficiency in causal inference, including causal modeling frameworks (e.g., DAGs, SCMs, structural causal models).
  • Estimation techniques such as propensity score methods, inverse propensity weighting, doubly robust estimators, and causal forests.
  • Strong experience with time series modeling for forecasting, using modern statistical and machine-learning approaches (ARIMA, state-space models, Prophet, DeepAR, RNN/LSTM/Temporal Fusion Transformers).
  • Expertise in machine learning and statistical modeling, including regression, classification, ensemble methods, and model interpretability.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, validate, and operationalize end-to-end ML pipelines, from feature engineering to deployment.
  • Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) and proficiency with scientific computing libraries (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow).
  • Experience with data engineering fundamentals: SQL, distributed data systems (e.g., Spark), data quality assessment, and data architecture concepts.
  • Familiarity with MLOps concepts and tools for versioning, automation, and monitoring.
  • Proven ability to design frameworks that enable counterfactual, scenario-based decision support for business strategy.
  • Experience partnering with product, engineering, and business teams to translate ambiguous strategic questions into analytic frameworks.
  • Track record of shipping and maintaining models or analytical capabilities used by business stakeholders.
  • Ability to lead complex analytical initiatives with minimal guidance, including technical direction and cross-functional alignment.
  • Strong communication skills: can explain causal assumptions, model limitations, and uncertainty to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience mentoring other data scientists; ability to raise the technical bar for the team.

Benefits

  • Affordable medical plan options
  • 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Family leave
  • Dependent care resources
  • Colleague assistance programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retiree medical access

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