Data Scientist

Junction

Data Scientist at Junction leading innovative modeling in diagnostics and clinical workflows. Building frameworks and models to transform patient data into actionable insights for healthcare.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the research and modeling work underlying Junction’s highest-priority data science opportunities across diagnostics, clinical workflows, and AI-enabled product features
Define rigorous frameworks for measurement, experimentation, and causal evaluation so we can distinguish signal from noise and make decisions we can defend
Lead development of predictive models, segmentation approaches, risk or routing logic, and other statistical systems that directly inform product and business strategy
Build the analytical foundation behind customer-facing features — from model development through to validation and performance tracking
Partner with engineering and data engineering to ensure models and analytical systems can be put in production, are reliable, and useful in real workflows
Establish how Junction evaluates data-driven and AI-enabled features, including methodology, quality thresholds, monitoring, and performance review
Communicate complex technical findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including tradeoffs, limitations, and implications for action

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong track record of leading high-stakes analytical work that influenced product, operational, or business decisions
Deep foundation in statistical inference, experimental design, observational analysis, and model evaluation
Strong Python and/or R skills, with experience working on large, messy real-world datasets
Experience building predictive or decision-support models in production or near-production environments
Experience partnering closely with engineering to move work from analysis or prototype into deployed systems
Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels: defining the roadmap while also getting into the details when needed
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; able to explain methods, findings, and tradeoffs to executives as well as technical peers
Comfort operating in a startup environment with ambiguity, limited structure, and high ownership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous early stage options (extended exercise post 2 years employment)
Regular in-person offsites, last were in Tenerife and Miami
Monthly learning budget of $300 for personal development and productivity
Flexible, remote-first working - including $1K for home office equipment
Monthly budget of $150 to use towards a coworking space
25 days off a year + national holidays
Healthcare coverage depending on location

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Hard Skills & Tools

statistical inferenceexperimental designobservational analysismodel evaluationpredictive modelingdecision-support modelsPythonRdata analysisperformance tracking

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementstrategic thinkinghands-on approachproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationcritical thinkinginfluence