Data Scientist, Clinical Outcomes

Midi Health
Palo Alto +1 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior data scientists with healthcare experience who bridge structured and unstructured data pipelines. The role emphasizes collaboration with clinical teams and requires U.S. work authorization.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2-4 years of healthcare data science experience and a strong background in NLP and causal inference
    — “2 to 4 years of hands-on data science or analytics experience delivering high-impact solutions.”
  • Individuals who enjoy building foundational data systems and translating insights into clinical workflows
    — “Pragmatic '0-to-1' Builder Mindset: You enjoy doing the foundational data architecture work—cleaning JSON outputs, structuring features, and validating baseline models—before reaching for complex algorithms.”
  • Professionals with a track record of processing unstructured clinical data and turning it into structured features
    — “Demonstrated track record of parsing unstructured text/transcript data into structured modeling pipelines.”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
    — “At this time, Midi is unable to provide visa sponsorship.”
  • The role requires a hybrid work arrangement with 2 days in the office per week
    — “Hybrid – 2 days/week in office”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with healthcare data and unstructured text processing in your resume
    — “Experience working with healthcare, telehealth, digital health datasets.”
  • Showcase projects involving NLP, clustering, and survival analysis in your portfolio
    — “Practical experience applying clustering (segmentation), regression/classification, and survival analysis.”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate data science insights into actionable clinical workflows
    — “Ability to translate technical modeling outcomes into clear, intuitive insights for Clinical Operations and Product partners.”
  • Include examples of how you've built data pipelines from raw, messy datasets
    — “Build reliable, well-structured modeling tables and feature stores by parsing, cleaning, and joining raw datasets.”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of quasi-experimental methods in healthcare analytics
    — “Apply observational study methods (Propensity Score Matching, Difference-in-Differences, Survival Analysis).”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • build and own the quantitative foundation for clinical care delivery
  • transform messy, multi-modal patient data into actionable insights
  • develop predictive models for symptom reduction and treatment outcomes
Typical background
PhD or Master's in Data Science, Statistics, or related fieldexperience in healthcare data analysis

Skills & requirements

Required

Data Foundation & Pipeline DevelopmentTranscript Mining & Feature ExtractionLookalike Cohorts & Patient Treatment PlanningCausal Inference & Retention AnalyticsResearch & Cross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

Clinical Data AnalysisUnstructured Data ProcessingNLP And Llm-based PipelinesPredictive ModelingObservational Study Methods

Stack & domain

Data Foundation & Pipeline DevelopmentMulti-modal Clinical DataUnstructured Data WorkflowsTranscript Mining & Feature ExtractionLookalike Cohorts & Patient Treatment PlanningCausal Inference & Retention AnalyticsResearch & Cross-functional CollaborationProblem SolvingTeamworkLeadershipCommunicationAnalytical ThinkingClinical Care DeliveryPatient Treatment Plan RefinementRetention Engines

About the role

Original posting from Midi Health via Greenhouse

📍 Hybrid, Palo Alto or San Francisco (Hybrid – 2 days/week in office)

Reports to: Director Data Science + Analytics

Job Type: Full-time W2

About the Role

We are looking for a pragmatic, hands-on Data Scientist to build and own the quantitative foundation for our clinical care delivery, patient treatment plan refinement, and retention engines.

In our specialty care model, clinical health outcomes and business growth are directly linked: matching patients to their preferred, personalized treatment path leads to higher clinical efficacy, better satisfaction, and long-term retention. In this role, you won't just work with clean tabular data; you will bridge the gap between structured clinical metrics (lab values, symptom severity scores, dosage trajectories) and unstructured patient communications (visit transcripts, ambient scribe outputs, and intake survey dialogue).

You will sit at the intersection of Data Science, Clinical Operations, and Product, serving as a core builder who transforms messy, multi-modal patient data into actionable clinical decision support and personalized care pathways.

What You’ll Do

Data Foundation & Pipeline Development

Clean & Transform Multi-Modal Clinical Data: Build reliable, well-structured modeling tables and feature stores by parsing, cleaning, and joining raw datasets including lab results, symptom severity surveys, medication history, and raw visit transcripts.

Establish Unstructured Data Workflows: Design robust data processing pipelines to convert unstructured clinical notes, orders and visit transcripts into structured, queryable relational tables.

Transcript Mining & Feature Extraction

Extract Patient Intent & Preference: Build lightweight NLP and LLM-based pipelines (using entity extraction, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling) to convert ambient visit transcripts into structured features. And provide insights into patient preferences in treatment pathway, communication, and modality, etc.

Identify Friction Points: Process qualitative dialogue to automatically detect unaddressed obstacles or early side-effect reports before they lead to treatment discontinuation.

Lookalike Cohorts & Patient Treatment Planning

Lookalike Clustering Engine: Develop unsupervised segmentation models to cluster patients into "lookalike" cohorts based on baseline lab values, symptom profiles, and transcript-derived preferences.

Outcome & Trajectory Forecasting: Build predictive models that estimate symptom reduction, time-to-relief, and potential side-effect risks across alternative treatment branches (e.g., immediate HRT vs. conservative step-therapy).

Causal Inference & Retention Analytics

Quasi-Experimentation on Care Protocols: Apply observational study methods (Propensity Score Matching, Difference-in-Differences, Survival Analysis) to evaluate non-randomized care pathways and quantify counterfactual patient outcomes.

Drop-Off & Retention Optimization: Identify critical clinical touchpoints and dosage adjustment milestones that drive long-term program adherence, connecting clinical milestone achievement directly to patient retention and LTV.

Research & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Evidence Generation: Partner with the clinical research team to provide analytical support for peer-reviewed medical publications, white papers, and payer studies.

Clinical Operations Alignment: Translate analytical findings, treatment protocol insights, and patient drop-off trends into actionable workflow improvements for clinical operations and care teams.

What You Bring

Technical Skills

Programming & Querying: Advanced proficiency in SQL for data manipulation alongside strong Python skills for predictive modeling and data transformation.

Machine Learning & Modeling: Practical experience applying clustering (segmentation), regression/classification, and survival analysis (e.g., scikit-learn, statsmodels, lifelines).

NLP & Modern LLM Workflows: Hands-on experience with NLP techniques and LLM frameworks (e.g., transformers, Claude API, etc.) to parse, extract, and classify unstructured text data.

Causal Inference Fundamentals: Solid working knowledge of quasi-experimental design, propensity score matching, and counterfactual reasoning on observational datasets.

Analytical Capabilities

Healthcare Data Intuition: Comfort working with messy, semi-structured, or missing healthcare datasets (lab results, Patient-Reported Outcome Measures/PROMs, EHR notes).

Pragmatic "0-to-1" Builder Mindset: You enjoy doing the foundational data architecture work—cleaning JSON outputs, structuring features, and validating baseline models—before reaching for complex algorithms.

Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to translate technical modeling outcomes into clear, intuitive insights for Clinical Operations and Product partners.

Experience

2 to 4 years of hands-on data science or analytics experience delivering high-impact solutions.

Experience working with healthcare, telehealth, digital health datasets.

Demonstrated track record of parsing unstructured text/transcript data into structured modeling pipelines.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biomedical Data Science, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative field.

Interview Process:

Recruiter Screen- 30 mins

Hiring Manager Screen- 30 mins

Technical Screen- 1hr

Panel Interviews- 3 hours + Lunch in Office in Palo Alto

At this time, Midi is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship needs.

This is a full-time W2 position. The base salary range is 144K-172K and will depend on experience. Midi pays a competitive base salary, plus equity and benefits. 

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At this time, Midi is unable to provide visa sponsorship. All Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship needs.

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Source: Midi Health careers (Greenhouse)

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