Jai Salzwedel
Data Scientist IV - Tech Lead
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJai Salzwedel is a data scientist and technical lead with 11 years of experience turning complex, high-volume data into production-grade AI and NLP systems, currently leading data science at Availity. A former nuclear physicist with a PhD from Ohio State, he applies rigorous experimental design and large-scale statistical analysis experience—from CERN datasets to clinical workflows—to build reliable decision-support tools used by thousands of clinicians. He has guided teams through ML model integration, code quality practices, and stakeholder-driven solution design while mentoring engineers in Git, testing, and production deployment. Known for blending scientific curiosity with pragmatic engineering, he pairs attention to KPIs and QA processes with clear communication across clinical and technical stakeholders. Outside work he’s an advocate for good coding practices and, more unusually, a devotee of loose-leaf tea.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Physics at The Ohio State UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA), Physics and Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics and Philosophy at Willamette University
Github Skills (6)
wolfram-language10
physics10
alice9
python8
queue2
database2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jsalzwedel/FemtoFitting
Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:64 pushes, 2 branches, 2 tags in 1 year 3 months
jsalzwedel/LambdaParameters
May 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:28 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 4 months
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