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Location: Washington, DC Area

We currently have an opening for a Health Analytics and Application Developer to support Summit's work with the federal government. This position will sit at the intersection of health claims investigations, statistical analysis, and full-stack application development. The ideal candidate will bring skills in statistical sampling, modeling, and data analysis using SAS, Python, or R along with a commensurate background in web application development.

Summit Consulting LLC is a quantitative and qualitative analysis firm that uses economics, statistics, and data science to solve problems for federal and private-sector clients. Our services in federal infrastructure finance, evidence-based program evaluation, program and business modernization, and enforcement analytics help make government effective and society just.

• Develop, test, maintain, and enhance analytical tools and web-based applications used by federal staff
• Support full-stack application development using modern frameworks and technologies
• Participate in requirements gathering and translate user needs into technical specifications, business rules, application features, and testable acceptance criteria
• Perform code reviews, debugging, unit testing, and quality assurance testing for analytical applications
• Create and maintain technical documentation, user documentation, and development notes
• Support deployment planning, application troubleshooting, user acceptance testing, and production monitoring
• Work with structured datasets to support statistical sampling, data validation, and investigative analysis
• Assist with casework requiring SAS, Python, R, or related statistical programming tools
• Help design and implement reproducible workflows for data cleaning, analysis, and quality control
• Collaborate with project managers, developers, analysts, and client stakeholders to prioritize work and deliver high-quality products
• Support training, demonstrations, and user support for analytical tools and data products

• 5+ years professional experience in application development, data analytics, and statistical programming
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, economics, information systems, engineering, or a related field
• Experience reviewing/analyzing health claims data
• Experience developing, testing, and maintaining web applications or analytical tools
• Experience with app development technologies and languages, including React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, SQL, and relational databases
• Experience using Git, GitHub, and GitLab
• Experience writing/debugging/testing clean, well-documented, reproducible code
• Experience developing or supporting software testing, QA/QC processes, unit testing, user acceptance testing, and code review workflows
• Experience performing data cleaning, data validation, data analysis, and statistical programming in SAS, R, Python, SQL, or similar tools
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a public trust clearance

• Experience working with health claims data, Form 5500 data, or other large administrative datasets
• SAS certification or demonstrated professional SAS programming experience
• Experience building web applications with React and Python
• Experience supporting federal government clients
• Experience creating technical documentation and user guides

Full-Time Salary Range: $80,000-105,000

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account (HSA) options; 401(k) with 4% employer match; disability, life, and accident insurance; holidays and generous paid time off, including to vote and volunteer; paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal/state sick leave. We also provide flexible work arrangements and the office is located in DC's Chinatown neighborhood, offering convenient public transportation.

Summit is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status. EEO is the law. Click here to view information on your protections under federal law from discrimination.