ŌURA · 21 hours ago
Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$173K/yr - $203K/yr
3+ years expOura is a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist to drive the development of next-generation foundation models for wearable biosignals that power Oura’s health sensing features.
Health Wellness & Fitness
Responsibilities
Drive foundation models for wearable biosignals, setting standards for reusable representations, tooling, and evaluation adopted across multiple health features
Design, implement, and validate deep learning approaches for large‑scale physiological time‑series (e.g., PPG, motion, temperature), including self‑supervised and multimodal pretraining; deliver adapters/probes for diverse downstream tasks
Lead scientific publications from core modeling and validation work that advance understanding of human physiology and support Oura’s mission to improve health
Build and operate scalable data generation, training, and inference pipelines to improve efficiency and reproducibility
Lead collaborations with scientists, clinicians, engineers, and product teams to translate research advances into production features that bring value to Oura members
Qualification
Required
PhD with 3+ years of industry or postdoctoral experience, or MSc with 5+ years of industry experience, in machine learning, computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, or a related field; healthcare or health‑tech experience preferred
Demonstrated success developing deep learning models for large‑scale time‑series or sensor data, ideally physiological or wearable signals, including foundation‑model and self‑supervised/multimodal approaches
Advanced proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or Jax), with experience building scalable training and evaluation pipelines
Strong grounding in probability, statistics, and experimental design; proven ability to design rigorous evaluations and interpret results from large research or clinical datasets
Excellent scientific writing with a record of first‑author, peer‑reviewed publications in top machine learning and digital health venues
Collaborative, highly autonomous working style; comfortable operating in an interdisciplinary, globally distributed team and communicating effectively with cross-functional partners
Flexibility for occasional meetings across European time zones and willingness to travel for onsite meetings a few times per year
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity packages
Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
Paid sick leave and parental leave
Company
ŌURA
Oura is an award-winning, fast-growing startup that helps people get up close and personal with their health.
501-1000 employees
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Tom Hale
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer
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