Sword Health is on a mission to free two billion people from pain as the world’s first and only end-to-end platform to predict, prevent and treat pain. 

Delivering a 62% reduction in pain and a 60% reduction in surgery intent, at Sword, we are using technology to save millions for our 2,500 enterprise clients across three continents. Today, we hold the majority of industry patents, win 70% of competitive evaluations, and have raised more than $300 million from top venture firms like Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Khosla Ventures. 

Recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2023, this award highlights our focus on being a destination for the best and brightest talent. Not only have we experienced unprecedented growth since our market debut in 2020, but we’ve also created a remarkable mission and value-driven environment that is loved by our growing team. With a recent valuation of $2 billion, we are in a phase of hyper growth and expansion, and we’re looking for individuals with passion, commitment, and energy to help us scale our impact. 

Joining Sword Health means committing to a set of core values, chief amongst them to “do it for the patients” every day, and to always “deliver more than expected” on behalf of our members and clients.

This is an opportunity for you to make a significant difference on a massive scale as you work alongside 800 (and growing!) talented colleagues, spanning two continents. Your charge? To help us build a pain-free world, powered by technology, enhanced by people — accessible to all.

Sword Health is looking for a Data Scientist to enable AI/ML projects to power the Sword health platform from end-to-end. You will design, prototype and test novel clinical and digital interventions and models. You’ll leverage supervised and unsupervised machine learning tree-based decision models, neural networks, clustering, and recommendation engines to understand and change member behavior. You will be part of an exciting team at Sword that is helping our business grow to the next level through novel applications of AI. You will have a tremendous impact on millions of lives. Read on if you think you've got the right stuff.

What you’ll do:

• Lead data science projects to design, prototype and test novel clinical and digital interventions to understand member musculoskeletal health needs and behavioral tendencies.
• Leverage advanced programming and large datasets towards those ends, including claims, engagement data, structured and unstructured clinical notes, focused on developing domain expertise in digital health and musculoskeletal care.
• Work and collaborate with internal stakeholders (clinical affairs, analytics, marketing, clinical operations, growth) to develop strategies and data science products to solve real world problems.
• Work alongside data engineers and product managers to deploy designed and well-tested ML models into practice, helping design appropriate frameworks to test and monitor ongoing model performance (e.g. model drift, data drift) and evaluate true downstream impact on care and operations.
• Provide methodological, statistical, design and analytical guidance for new and ongoing operations and applied research projects.
• Partner with business groups in the company to identify opportunities to deploy bespoke models and create additional models to answer key questions about member behavior.

• Minimum 1 year working on multiple projects involving large data sets, including training, testing, and deploying machine learning algorithms into cloud environments, and specific experience with deep learning required (e.g., RNNs, CNNs, etc). Prior experience translating data findings and data science concepts for lay audiences, including the production of presentations for senior-level audiences (excellent verbal and written communication skills) also required.
• Strong understanding of data science and statistical concepts, computer programming, and their applications to real-world data required. Specifically, strong programming proficiency (e.g., Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, R, Spark, SQL). Prior experience with code repositories such as git or equivalent is also required.
• Ability to engage with existing ideas and champion new ones that add value to the organization. Ability to analyze problems, issues and opportunities systematically and logically to make decisions that support the mission, vision, values and goals of the organization.
• Understand the biases that data collection and sampling can introduce, and know how to design and implement methods that adjust for those biases when possible.
• Love to discover how things work through the lens of data, are not intimidated by “messy” data sets, and enjoy communicating your insights to broad audiences.
• Ability to communicate data science concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver and ship results iteratively on a regular basis to executive stakeholders and produce pipeline-ready code and documentation.
• Take initiative in pushing the team’s thoughts and ideas and exploring novel applications of machine learning techniques to solve problems. Don’t just follow objectives but try to push the boundaries of what is possible in solving for thorny, complex issues as a thought leader within the team.

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity.
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company valued at over $2bn.
• Quarterly travel to HQ in Porto, Portugal (voted one of the best cities in Europe) and US.
• Career development and growth with a competitive salary.
• Chance to make healthcare work better for the people who need it most.
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation.

US Sword Benefits:

*Eligibility for Essential benefits: Full-time employees regularly working 25 hours per week

Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance 

Equity Shares

401(k)

Discretionary PTO Plan

Parental leave

US Sword Perks:

Flexible working hours

Remote-first Company

Internet Stipend for remote working

Paid Company Holidays

Free Digital Therapist for you and your family

Portugal - Sword Benefits:

Health, dental and vision Insurance

Meal Allowance

Equity Shares

Portugal - Sword Perks:

Remote Work Allowance

Flexible working hours

Work from home

Unlimited Vacation

Snacks and Beverages

English Class

Unlimited access to Coursera Learning Platform

*US Applicants Only: Applicants must have a legal right to work in the United States, and immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided.*

SWORD Health, which includes SWORD Health, Inc. and Sword Health Professionals (consisting of Sword Health Care Providers, P.A., SWORD Health Care Providers of NJ, P.C., SWORD Health Care Physical Therapy Providers of CA, P.C.*) complies with applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Color, Citizenship, Gender, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender information, Marital status, Medical condition, National origin, Physical or mental disability, Pregnancy, Race, Religion, Caste, Sexual orientation, and Veteran status.