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Arlyn AI

AI platform mapping drug access policies

Principal / Senior Data Scientist

Full-Time
$175k - $255k/yr+ Equity grants
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
New York, NY, USA
HybridThree days on-site per week required. Relocation support is available.
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 5+ years of industry experience in finance, biotech, or tech startups, or a PhD in a quantitative field with 2+ years of industry experience.
  • Hands-on experience building AI applications, including prompt engineering, advanced analytics, and transforming large-scale unstructured data into production-ready solutions.
  • Ability to translate complex, ambiguous business challenges into clear, structured data problems.
  • Passion for large language models and real-world AI applications, with a pragmatic, impact-driven mindset.
Responsibilities
  • Own the end-to-end development and deployment of agentic large language model applications that deliver measurable business impact.
  • Design, build, evaluate, and ship production-ready AI systems from prototype to production.
  • Partner with founders to define product direction and turn business problems into AI solutions.
  • Collaborate with Engineering to build scalable AI infrastructure, system architecture, and internal tools.
  • Improve system performance, reliability, and user experience through rapid experimentation and iteration.
  • Collaborate across Engineering and Data Science teams to lead decision-making on essential system architectures and core operational workflows.

About the company

Arlyn AI builds an intelligence platform for the life sciences industry that maps the U.S. drug access landscape into a machine-readable, continuously updated database of health plans, formularies, policies, and utilization management rules. Its tools help biotech and pharma teams identify access barriers, track policy changes across payers, and compare a drug’s coverage to competitors. The platform uses AI and large language models to turn unstructured policy data into actionable insights for drug launches, access strategy, and contract operations. The goal is to make the U.S. drug access environment understandable and navigable, enabling better investment decisions and launch planning.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2026

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Arlyn's September 2026 site shows active productization across access intelligence workflows.
  • LinkedIn lists 11-50 employees and 1670 followers, indicating early ecosystem interest.
  • Hiring for senior AI and data science roles suggests ongoing customer-demand validation.

What critics are saying

  • Arlyn still hides behind a stealth brand, signaling weak public traction and trust.
  • Quantile's 2024 fundraising trail is small, limiting runway against well-funded incumbents.
  • If payer data coverage lags or accuracy slips, pharma customers will churn fast.

What makes Arlyn AI unique

  • Arlyn's machine-readable map spans tens of thousands of plans, policies, and formularies.
  • Its LLM layer turns unstructured payer data into ontologies for access decisions.
  • The company targets drug commercialization, not general healthcare AI, sharpening buyer urgency.

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Benefits

  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Company Equity
  • Relocation Assistance