Forward Deployed Insights Engineer (Applied AI) at Translucent
$180,000–$230,000from the description
Aug 7, 2026
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Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A forward-deployed, customer-facing role at an early-stage healthcare finance AI startup, building and configuring AI agents and ML models on top of an existing agentic platform to solve specific problems for healthcare finance teams. The engineer works directly with customers to scope solutions, builds the visualization and presentation layer for model outputs, and partners with product to generalize bespoke solutions into reusable platform features. Strong healthcare domain knowledge and hands-on applied ML experience are central to the role.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,650 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 880–2,150
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $103,548–$176,968). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role blends applied ML/AI model building (pointing toward Data Scientists, 15-2051) with significant software engineering work — configuring agent infrastructure, building front-end presentation layers, and shipping via CI/CD — making 15-1252 Software Developers a credible alternative classification.
Healthcare domain expertise (claims, EHR, revenue cycle data) is listed as a hard requirement but names no specific technology or tool, so it is not captured as a skill per extraction rules.
AI-assisted coding tools are listed in the Must-haves section with 'Cursor' and 'Claude Code' as named examples; these are treated as a single interchangeable requirement with Claude Code in alternatives.
The education requirement explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience building and deploying applied ML/AI solutions' in lieu of a degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
GCP appears only under Nice-to-haves.
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