# Clinical Data Specialist

**Company:** [Function Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/function-health)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Science
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, NumPy, pandas, Scipy, Statsmodels, Statistical Inference, Experimental Design, Model Validation, Survival Analysis, Causal Inference, Longitudinal Modeling, Machine Learning, Calibration, Fairness Analysis, Bias Assessment
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Conducts rigorous statistical validation of healthcare machine-learning models and translates results into clinically meaningful evidence. Requires 3+ years in biostatistics, applied statistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative field, plus Python proficiency and experience with complex longitudinal data.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and own statistical analysis plans (SAPs) for validating machine learning models, including cohorts, endpoints, metrics, and subgroup analyses.
- Conduct rigorous model evaluations covering performance, calibration, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analyses, cross-validation, temporal and external validation, and robustness testing.
- Lead subgroup, bias, and fairness analyses across demographic and clinical populations and longitudinal trajectories.
- Apply regression, survival analysis, mixed-effects models, and other statistical methods to contextualize and validate model outputs.
- Analyze longitudinal health data, including change over time, progression patterns, prediction stability, missingness, censoring, and time-dependent effects.
- Research relevant clinical standards and biostatistical and epidemiological methods.
- Document assumptions, limitations, methods, and results for auditability, interpretability, and regulatory readiness.
- Communicate statistical rationale and findings to clinicians, product leaders, engineers, and machine learning scientists.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in biostatistics, applied statistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative role.
- Strong foundation in statistical inference, experimental design, and model validation.
- Proficiency in Python and statistical libraries such as NumPy, pandas, SciPy, and statsmodels.
- Experience designing and executing statistical analysis plans for complex datasets.
- Familiarity with longitudinal and real-world data, including missingness, censoring, and time-dependent effects.
- Strong ability to interpret results, assess uncertainty, and communicate limitations.
- Ability to collaborate with machine learning, engineering, and clinical teams.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience validating or supporting machine learning models in healthcare or other regulated domains.
- Background in survival analysis, causal inference, or longitudinal modeling.
- Familiarity with calibration, discrimination, and decision-curve analysis.
- Experience with fairness, bias assessment, and subgroup performance analysis.
- Experience working with PHI-sensitive data and compliance-driven environments.
- Advanced degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, public health, or a related field.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Flexible working hours.

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