What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Data - Senior Data Scientist position at Sprinter Health?
About Sprinter HealthAt Sprinter Health, our mission is reimagining how people access care by bringing it directly to their homes. Nearly 30% of patients in the U.S. skip preventive or chronic care simply because they can’t get to a doctor’s office. For many, the ER becomes their first touchpoint with the healthcare system—driving over $300B in avoidable costs every year.By using the same technologies that power leading marketplace and last-mile platforms, we deliver care where people are, especially those who need it most. So far, we’ve supported more than 2 million patients across 22 states, completed 130,000 in-home visits, and maintained a 92 NPS. Our team of clinicians, technologists, and operators have raised over $125M to date investors like a16z, General Catalyst, GV, and Accel and enjoy multi-year runway.Data is core to how we deliver care, allocate clinicians, and understand population risk—and we’re now building the team to scale that impact.About the RoleWe’re hiring a Senior / Staff Data Scientist to tackle high-impact problems across logistics, patient behavior, clinical operations, and population health. This is a 0→1 role where your work directly shapes how care is delivered, optimized, and scaled. You’ll turn messy, real-world healthcare data into insights that drive product direction, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes.If you like asking hard questions and using data to solve problems that matter in the real world, this is that opportunity.Office LocationWe are a hybrid company based in the Bay Area with offices in both San Francisco and Menlo Park. We care about work-life balance and understand that there will be times where flexibility is needed.What you will doExplore clinical, operational, and patient engagement data to surface actionable insightsAnalyze routing, capacity planning, and supply-demand dynamics across regionsIdentify drivers of preventive care engagement and patient follow-throughPredict cancellations, risk, and future care needs using behavioral and clinical signalsDesign and evaluate A/B experiments across product, growth, and operationsSupport internal teams with dashboards, analytics, and ad hoc decisionsHelp shape the Data function’s standards, tooling, and processes as an early leaderWhat you have done5 years in data science, advanced analytics, or applied data modelingWorked with large, messy datasets to answer ambiguous, high-stakes questionsBuilt dashboards or visualizations using Looker, Tableau, Grafana, Superset, or similarWritten high-quality SQL across warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, or RedshiftInfluenced product, ops, or strategy decisions through data insight and storytellingPresented findings to leadership and collaborated with cross-functional teamsWhat gives you an edgeExperience with Python, Pandas, Scikit-learn, or ELK (Elasticsearch Kibana)Exposure to GCP data tools like BigQuery, DataFlow, or DataFormFamiliarity with healthcare data (claims, HL7, CCDAs, HIEs)Experience with logistics, routing, or operational optimization problemsDesigned or analyzed growth experiments or user behavior funnelsCommunicated insights to C-level stakeholders or mentored junior talentOur Tech StackPython SQL Superset, Looker, Tableau, Grafana BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift Elasticsearch / Kibana FHIR, HL7, claims data (bonus) Pandas, Scikit-learn, DataForm, DataFlowWhat we offerMeaningful pre-IPO equityMedical, dental, and vision plans 100% paid for you and your dependentsFlexible PTO 10 paid holidays per year401(k) with match16-week parental leave policy for birthing parent, 8 weeks for all other parentsHSA FSA contributionsLife insurance, plus short and long-term disability coverageFree daily lunch in-officeAnnual learning stipendSprinter Health is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other protected classes.Beware of recruitment fraud and scams that involve fictitious job descriptions followed by false job offers. If you are applying for a job, you can confirm the legitimacy of a job posting by viewing current open roles here. All legitimate job postings will require an application to be made directly on our official Sprinter Health Careers website. Job-related communications will only be sent from email addresses ending in @sprinterhealth.com. Please ensure that you’re only replying to emails that end with @sprinterhealth.com.
