Function Health · 17 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expFunction Health is dedicated to empowering individuals to lead healthier lives through data-driven healthcare solutions. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will analyze complex healthcare data to extract meaningful insights that inform product decisions and improve health outcomes.
Health CareHealth DiagnosticsMedicalPersonal Health
Responsibilities
Analyze and interpret multi-modality health data , including blood tests, biomarkers, imaging-derived features, and longitudinal patient histories
Apply clinical reasoning to identify meaningful patterns, trends, and risk signals across time and modalities
Prepare, curate, and validate analysis-ready and ML-ready datasets for downstream model training and evaluation
Define clinically meaningful features, labels, cohorts, and outcome variables in partnership with clinicians and ML engineers
Use data to inform decisions beyond modeling , such as evaluating data fitness, identifying gaps or inconsistencies, and supporting product or operational questions
Investigate and resolve data quality issues through a clinical lens (e.g., implausible lab values, inconsistent mappings, unexpected distribution shifts)
Collaborate with data engineers to shape data models and transformations that support clinical interpretation and ML workflows
Support model validation by helping interpret model inputs, outputs, and edge cases in a clinically responsible way
Translate complex analyses and modeling inputs into clear documentation and narratives for internal teams
Contribute to best practices around clinically grounded data usage and preparation across the organization
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or cloud-based data orchestration. 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or applied research, IF hold a PHD/published research
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis and dataset preparation
Experience preparing datasets for machine learning or statistical modeling
Experience working with clinical, lab, or biomedical data
Experience working with messy, real-world data from multiple sources or vendors
Ability to communicate clearly with clinicians, engineers, and non-technical stakeholders
Familiarity with statistical methods, exploratory data analysis, and basic modeling techniques
Preferred
Background in biology, medicine, public health, bioinformatics, or related fields
Experience with multi-modal or imaging-derived data
Experience supporting ML model development or validation in production environments
Familiarity with PHI-sensitive and regulated data environments
Benefits
Stock options
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
Wellness and commuter benefits
Competitive vacation policy
Company
Function Health
Function Health is a health platform offering lab tests to help individuals monitor their health.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$354MKey Investors
RedpointAndreessen HorowitzPari Passu Venture Partners
2025-11-19Series B· $298M
2024-06-25Series A· $53M
2023-12-31Seed
Leadership Team
Neil Shah
Chief Operating Officer
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