Senior Data Scientist, Atropos Health

• If you enjoy driving the development and deployment of data science products such as predictive models, recommenders, clinical databases in collaboration with the product and clinical teams, this position is for you
• We are looking for versatile data scientists who continuously seek product innovation and can deploy solutions with strong technical skills to augment our automated Atropos Health workbench that generates rapid and reliable real-world evidence
• Degree in Clinical Informatics, Bioinformatics, CS, Engineering, Epidemiology, Statistics, or a quantitative discipline
• Experience manipulating large data sets and developing and deploying models onto production infrastructure
• Fluency with Python, R, SQL, git, Linux and cloud infrastructure (AWS and Docker). You have published a Python or R package before and are familiar with virtual environments
• Sufficiently knowledgeable about healthcare to understand product needs
• Excellent problem-solving, project management and team collaboration skills
• Flexible thinking: you know how to re-frame problems to find practical solutions
• Additional skills in epidemiology, precision medicine, predictive modeling, using LLMs, RWE, causal inference, recommenders, NLP, data engineering, MLOps or DevOps will be a plus
• Knowledge of relevant medical coding terminology (e.g., ICD, CPT, LOINC, RxNORM) is a plus
• Masters or PhD training in a quantitative field is a plus
• Excellent writing skills – you may be asked to contribute to our technical blogs

• Work with Product, Clinical and Engineering stakeholder teams to understand product and clinical requirements and deliver solutions that balance technical rigor with practical application
• Test, productionalize and maintain data science products with software engineering best practices including code management and documentation
• Articulate and deconstruct complex projects into workable solutions and identify appropriate data and methods
• Practice good judgment and solicit information to make good and timely design decisions
• Manage and drive projects, working with stakeholders to address dependencies and gaps
• Solicit user feedback and propose opportunities for product innovation (e.g. to add new functionalities, improve model performance, automate processes)
• Stay abreast of research and conduct literature and empirical research to propose appropriate solutions while sidestepping less promising ones
• The Senior Data Scientist reports directly to the President, Neil Sanghavi
• Offsites. As a remote company we take time 2-3 times a year to get together in small teams and all together as a company

• Health & Wellness - Our benefit package includes employer paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, and LTD insurance
• Parental Leave - We offer up to twelve weeks of paid leave for new parents who have been at the company for 6+ months
• Financial Wellness - Save for retirement through our 401k plan with Human Interest
• Flexible Work Environment - We're a remote first company with a flexible vacation policy
• Offsites - As a remote company we take time 2-3 times a year to get together in small teams and all together as a company

Total funding: $47m

Spun out from a project developed at Stanford University, Atropos Health was founded to improve the use of generative AI in medical and research decision-making. The company’s software offers on-demand evidence and real-world data to improve evidence collation, elevating clinical trial outcomes.