Principal Data Scientist at Insight
Phoenix, AZ
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Aug 7, 2026
Phoenix, AZ
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A client-facing consulting role at a large IT services firm, focused on designing and delivering advanced analytics and AI solutions for healthcare and life sciences organizations. The work spans the full ML lifecycle — from clinical data readiness and feature engineering through model training, operationalization, and governance — on Azure Machine Learning and Databricks. The ideal candidate combines deep healthcare domain knowledge with hands-on ML engineering and executive-level advisory skills.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
We read this from the posting text with AI. Skim the description below before ruling yourself out.
How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 480 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 200–720
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 10, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The 'Principal' title is taken at face value for advertised seniority, but the actual requirements (10+ years, senior individual-contributor consulting scope with no stated org-wide authority or cross-team technical direction) align with a Senior band rather than Principal.
The alt SOC (15-1243 Database Architects) reflects the significant Databricks lakehouse / data pipeline component, but the primary day-to-day work is clearly data science and ML modeling, so 15-2051 is the right primary code.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
The role is posted under Arizona (AZ-Home / Remote), but is fully remote with no geographic restriction specified beyond the US.
Preferred certifications are listed under a clearly optional 'Preferred Certifications' section and are marked accordingly.
HIPAA is listed as a 'plus' under the preferred healthcare/governance certifications section and is marked preferred.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Azure AI Engineer Associate, Databricks Machine Learning Professional.
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