Senior Data Scientist

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

At Aetna®, part of CVS Health, we proudly serve more than 26 million medical members through our broad range of health plan offerings. We're committed to delivering a simpler, more meaningful, and personal health care experience to each of them.

As a Senior Data Scientist you will be working on a Medicare Analytics team that will help make business decisions and, you will play a critical role in supporting our Aetna members and our business.

Come work at a place where innovation is encouraged and impact is real. You’ll have the opportunity to build models, experiment with creative ideas, and introduce new approaches to solving complex Member Experience challenges and making a direct difference in our members lives.

Responsibilities:

• Model Development: Develop and implement advanced machine learning models for forecasting and predictive analytics. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and standardizing forecasting applications using time series techniques to provide forward-looking insights to our members, to improve Member experience
• ML-Ops: Develop, deploy and maintain machine learning models in production, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and business analysts, to understand business needs and deliver data-driven solutions.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in data science and machine learning, and apply them to improve existing processes and models.
• Reporting: Create and present detailed reports and visualizations to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work with complex datasets
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant Data Science experience
• 3+ years' experience programming in Python
• 3+ years' experience programming in SQL
• 2+ year experience working with Cloud Technology (GCP, AWS or Azure)
• 1+ year experience deploying models in production

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Google Cloud/BigQuery
• 2 plus years of healthcare or health insurance experience
• Strong problem-solving experience with a history of making business impact
• Knowledge of Time Series forecasting techniques, and Machine learning  methods including classics like SARIMA, exponential smoothing, time series regressions, and machine learning methods like LSTM, XGBoost, etc

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Business Analytics, Economics, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related discipline.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$92,700.00 - $222,480.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/07/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.