Junior Clinical Data Scientist

Empatica

Empatica is a full-stack, digital healthcare company, forever changing the way health is monitored and new treatments are developed through our AI platform, digital biomarkers, and state-of-the-art medical wearables. Our customers range from some of the world’s largest institutions (such as NASA, Harvard University, and top-tier pharmaceutical companies, to name a few), to individual users who message us every day and tell us how our products changed their lives.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading.

About the role

At Empatica, we work every single day to build products that help the lives of many patients. Our DataR&D team develops all the digital biomarkers that will be embedded in our products bringing them from their initial research stage to a clinically validated stage.

We are looking for a Junior Data Scientist with a passion for science and scientific discovery. If you are an independent, pragmatic, and goal-oriented person, and are able to achieve results in a timely manner, who also happens to be passionate about making a difference in the world, read on.

You will be part of one of our R&D project teams working on the collection and analysis of clinical data.

You will:

• Carry out state-of-the-art analysis on protocols and ground-truth devices.
• Support Senior team members on study design.
• Liaise with third-party providers and internal coordinators.
• Execute internal data collections.
• Follow external data collections and provide support to ensure a high-quality output.
• Refactor, clean and organise existing datasets.
• Develop data analysis tools.
• Process data to make them available for algorithm development.
• Support Senior team members on algorithm development.

Some important details:

• Empatica is an international environment with offices in Europe and the US, and so we conduct all our work in English.
• We are operating a hybrid model where our employees choose whether to work from home or come to the office.
• For limited time periods, missions abroad may be required (e.g. to support data collections

Requirements

You are the ideal person for this job if you:

• Have a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering with an excellent academic record.
• Are rigorous and autonomous.
• Have programming experience in one or more of the following languages:
  • Python
  • Matlab
• Have experience in healthcare applications, or a strong interest and desire to learn about them.
• Are proficient in English (mother tongue is a plus).
• Have a passion for Empatica’s products and mission.
• Have resilience, a get-things-done attitude, and an innate desire to do great work.

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with data collections.
• Experience with large code bases.

Life at Empatica

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 100+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.

If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 25 different countries, while 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!) We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.

Benefits

• 🧠 Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech
• 💰 Competitive salary
• 📈 Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success
• 🏖️ We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston. And every summer, we hold an amazing beach retreat in Sardinia, Italy
• 🏥 Health Insurance
• 🏋️‍♀️ Gympass membership with access to gyms, online classes, personal training sessions, and nutrition plans
• 😌 Membership for mental health and wellness platforms
• 🥗 Free healthy lunch every day
• 🍌 Organic fresh fruit
• 💻 Your personal MacBook
• 🤓 Free Kindle and books
• 🏡 Remote working option
• 🕰️ Flexible working hours
• 🧑‍🎓 Personal learning and development budget
• 🍪 Free cookies, if you deserve them
• 👀 Much more…