Senior Data Scientist

Description

We stand alongside physicians throughout their entire journey and seek individuals who resonate with our purpose, values, and culture to join our team. Let’s transform healthcare together—with those who pursue medicine as a vocation! This is an open position in the **Data** area, to be performed **remotely.** As a **Senior Data Analyst** at Afya, your primary objective will be to perform data analysis and modeling, develop Power BI dashboards and KPIs, ensuring data quality, clarity, and governance. **All our opportunities are open to people with disabilities (PwD) and INSS-rehabilitated individuals.** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Responsibilities and duties** **HOW YOU WILL TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE DAILY:** * Analyze, interpret, and transform data into strategic insights to support business-area decision-making. * Develop predictive models using Data Science and Machine Learning techniques to support forecasts and strategic decisions. * Design KPIs and analytical reports that provide visibility into key business outcomes. * Apply best practices in data modeling (Star Schema, dimensions, facts, and SCDs), promoting scalability of analytical solutions. * Build, enhance, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports, ensuring quality, performance, and optimal visualization experience. **Requirements and qualifications** **WHAT WE SEEK (though we do not expect any single candidate to meet all requirements):** Bachelor’s degree in Administration, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or related fields. * Advanced SQL (complex queries, joins, CTEs, window functions, and optimization). * Experience with Git (code versioning and collaborative best practices). * Solid experience with Power BI (DAX, Power Query, data modeling, and visualization best practices). * Knowledge of data modeling (Star Schema, dimensions and facts, SCDs). * Proficiency in Python for data analysis, data manipulation, and development of analytical models. * Knowledge of applied statistics and exploratory data analysis. * Experience or knowledge of supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning techniques. * Data storytelling skills and ability to clearly present insights. * Experience in Data Warehouse and/or Data Lake environments. **Preferred Qualifications** * Experience with DBT and/or Databricks. \* Experience with libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit\-learn, and XGBoost. * Knowledge of MLOps, MLflow, or Machine Learning model deployment. * Experience in data governance and Self-Service BI. * Knowledge of Feature Engineering and predictive model evaluation. * + Knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, and applications involving language models. **Additional Information** ### **PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET—thus, we offer benefits and partnerships for our team.** **Key benefits below:** **For daily life:** * Meal allowance / food voucher; * Flexible working hours and remote work arrangements (for Remote positions); * Commuter allowance (for Hybrid or On-site positions); **Enhanced Compensation:** * Profit-sharing program (PLR); * Multibenefit program: Flexible benefit via Flash Card to use as preferred. **Family, Health & Well-being:** * Gympass / Wellhub; * Viva Psychology (online platform for psychologist and nutritionist consultations); * Health and dental insurance; * Life insurance; * Extended parental leave (up to 6 months for mothers and 20 days for fathers); * D'Ór Network: Support and critical health information for mothers and babies through a network of accredited nurses; * Partnership with SESC in your region (diverse programming across education, health, culture, leisure, and social assistance); * Birthday Day Off (one paid day off to take on your birthday or anytime during your birth month). **Development and Learning:** * Platform offering diverse courses to deepen your knowledge (UCA); * Language academy (AIA); * Leadership development program; * Mentoring Program for Women at Afya (MMA); * Discounts on undergraduate and graduate programs offered by Afya educational units. **Special Benefit for Medical Faculty:** * Premium subscription to Afya iClinic and Afya Whitebook. **THE LARGEST ECOSYSTEM OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE SOLUTIONS IN BRAZIL.** The Afya brand was launched in 2019, but our story began much earlier. We emerged from the merger between NRE Educacional—the largest group of medical schools in Brazil, founded in 1999—and MEDCEL, a brand specializing in residency exam preparation courses. Through rapid growth, we have acquired new educational units over recent years—now exceeding 30 across Brazil—and more than 10 startups delivering digital solutions for medical practice—including Afya Whitebook, Afya iClinic, Afya Papers, Glic, and Cliquefarma, among others in our portfolio. Visit afya.com.br to learn more about our history and all solutions we offer. Afya has been a publicly traded company since 2019, with shares listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the United States. In 2023, we also made our shares available on the Brazilian stock exchange, B3\. Learn more at ir.afya.com.br. **Our purpose is to transform healthcare together with those who pursue medicine as a vocation.** To achieve this, we rely on a team of 10,000 curious, collaborative, committed, adaptable, and results-driven individuals—from every corner of Brazil, speaking diverse dialects, yet united by one common language and shared purpose. If you identify with the Afya way, **join us in transforming healthcare through education and technology**. \#VemSerAfya