[Hiring] Healthcare Programmer @American Institutes for Research

Role Description

Join AIR as a Healthcare Programmer, Medicaid and Pharmacy with our Healthcare Innovations team. Our team works collaboratively to unravel the intertwined challenges of health care quality, costs, and access. The Healthcare Programmer - Medicaid and Pharmacy will apply programming skills to manage, analyze, and report on complex datasets, implement and support research design, documentation, and project coordination, and ensure high-quality data-driven insights.

Responsibilities:

• Extract, recode, merge, and de-duplicate datasets to prepare them for analysis.
• Conduct outlier analyses, manage missing data, and create derived analysis variables.
• Perform statistical analyses to support research and reporting needs.
• Generate customized reports summarizing data analysis results.
• Produce high-quality, computer-generated data listings, summary tables, and data collection outputs.
• Provide technical oversight, mentorship, and training to junior SAS programmers.
• Debug and revise code by identifying and resolving programming errors.
• Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, programs, and technical specifications.
• Prepare technical reports and contribute to proposal development.
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Public Health, Economics, Epidemiology, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with large-scale healthcare administrative or claims data.
• Direct experience processing and analyzing Medicare, Medicaid, and/or other commercial claims data.
• Direct experience with pharmaceutical pricing data, prescription drug encounter data, or other related data sources.
• Experience using SQL, Python, R and/or other data analysis tools.
• Knowledge of data analysis and data management techniques.
• Experience applying SAS in research or analytical settings, particularly in health or social sciences.
• Knowledge and experience with advanced analytic techniques such as machine learning preferred, but not required.
• Proposal and report preparation experience preferred, but not required.

Requirements

• Skilled in all aspects of data processing management.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate efficiently in a virtual work environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Adept in a fast-paced environment to manage multiple concurrent deliveries.
• Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with a focus on details.

Benefits

• Anticipated Annual Salary Range: $130,000 — $160,000 USD.