Senior Data Scientist

The role

The Senior Data Scientist will own the development, validation, and operationalization of predictive diagnostic AI models. This role involves running testing experiments, building synthetic patient data pipelines, and optimizing patient intake using NLP and multimodal data analysis.

What you will do

• Develop, validate, and operationalize predictive diagnostic AI models
• Run prospective testing experiments and track outcomes
• Build and maintain a synthetic patient data pipeline
• Optimize patient intake experience using NLP and multimodal data analysis
• Own API usage and cost optimization across the AI stack
• Conduct strategic analyses for product prioritization and customer insights
• Establish MLOps infrastructure including monitoring and drift detection
• Conduct blue sky research initiatives
• Work with Data Engineering to build a scalable data foundation

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data science, machine learning engineering, or a closely related field
• Strong Python proficiency
• Fluency across pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PySpark, and SQL
• Demonstrated end-to-end ML experience from problem definition to production deployment
• Experience with NLP techniques and applying language models to real-world problems
• Comfort with prompt engineering and evaluating external AI API performance
• Track record of operating with high ownership in lean, fast-moving environments
• Strong analytical communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with Databricks or similar lakehouse/ML platform environments
• Familiarity with synthetic data generation techniques
• Domain knowledge in healthcare, rare disease, genomics, or clinical research
• Experience with MLOps tooling and building observability infrastructure from scratch
• Exposure to biopharma or insurance analytics use cases

Benefits

• Competitive early-stage equity grants
• Generous Flexible Time off policy
• Parental Leave Benefits (12 weeks for both birthing and non-birthing)
• Hybrid, flexible work
• Pet-friendly office in Downtown SF
• Company-sponsored team lunch every Thursday
• Work from anywhere policy up to 4 weeks a year
• Regular team retreats
• Medical, dental, vision, therapy, FSA, and 401k

About the company

Probably Genetic uses a data platform to help drug developers and patient advocacy groups develop treatments for patients with severe, complex diseases. The company is a tight-knit group of problem solvers focused on innovations in bioinformatics, AI, and drug development.