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General Medicine

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Marketplace Scientist

JOE ID Number: 2025-02_111477081
Date Posted: 12/10/2025
Date Inactive: 01/31/2026
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Marketplace Scientist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
L0 -- General
D4 -- Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
C0 -- General
Keywords:
health economics
industrial organization
market design
econometrics
machine learning
optimization
Full Text of JOE Listing:

General Medicine is a healthcare startup based in Boston and San Francisco, that makes it delightfully simple for people to find, book, and afford care across virtual and in-person visits, prescriptions, labs, imaging, and more.

As a Marketplace Scientist at General Medicine, you’ll work directly with our Chief Economist to design the algorithms, mechanisms, and models that underpin the matching, pricing, and insurance estimation systems at the heart of the business. From understanding patient preferences to forecasting out-of-pocket prices across complex insurance networks, your work will determine how the marketplace functions and scales.

Ideal Qualifications


- PhD in Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related quantitative field.

- Familiarity with both economic modeling and machine learning or statistical prediction

- Strong coding skills in Python and SQL, and comfort working with data

- Prior business or startup experience, especially in analytics, pricing, or data-driven operational roles.

- Startup-ready mindset: resourceful, hands-on, and energized by ambiguity.

Application Requirements:
  • Letters of Reference
  • Job Market Paper
  • Cover Letter
  • CV
Application deadline: 12/31/2025
  • Application Deadline Has Passed