How you'll be contributing to Accurx as a Senior Data Scientist...
As a Senior Data Scientist you’ll be working within the product community to identify key product improvements and support the product strategy & the roadmap: you’ll be solving real world problems and building a product that is going to impact every single person in the UK!
You’ll use statistical and machine learning techniques to analyse data and develop models to understand key drivers and you’ll lead experimentation design to improve the product experience of our users.
You’ll lead projects to explore and extract valuable information from our data and work closely with the product teams to advise on data collection improvements.
You’ll help drive the maturity of the Data Science & Analytics sub team by setting the foundation needed to move our analysis capabilities from descriptive & diagnostic to predictive & prescriptive.
Your day to day tasks, should you choose to accept this mission 🤝...
- Solve problems adaptively and value rigour and simplicity over complicated solutions
- Make appropriate trade-offs between speed and accuracy as you’ll be working in a fast-moving environment
- Code for scalability, creating re-usable scripts and utilities that brings data science as a discipline to the next level
- Work closely with Product Managers supporting and suggesting experiments, time series forecasting and building predictive models (including ML)
- Code for privacy & security, keeping our users and patients privacy and security in mind all the time and suggesting processes and technologies for anonymisation
- Work closely with Product leads in designing and validating success metrics as well as helping them to measure progress and align with the business objectives (OKRs setting)
- Support & mature the company data culture so that decisions are supported and/or driven by data
What the team say ...
"Interesting challenges, fulfilling work and (most importantly) immaculate vibes! - Louis, Senior BI Developer
"We break hearts, not pipelines." - Patrick, Data Scientist
“This is the best data team I have worked with. I’ve been enjoying every minute of working with this great group of talented and fun people! There is never a boring day at work for the data team! 😉" - Barbara, Data Science & Analytics Lead
“Best job I've had, working with intelligent, empathetic and fun people; working for a meaningful cause and our collaborative atmosphere also keeps me motivated to take on challenges every day at work!” - Rebecca, BI Developer
If you want to hear from some of our Accufolk about what it's like to work for us, take a look at a video from our 2024 summer conference!🤩
We'd really like to hear from you, if ...
- Proven expertise in designing, executing, and analysing complex experiments end-to-end.
- Hands-on experience with statistical techniques (e.g., regressions, matching) and machine learning models (e.g., Naive Bayes, XGBoost).
- Strong Python and SQL skills, including writing reusable, standardised code and working in analytical environments like Snowflake.
- Experience conducting exploratory data analysis, including visualisations and identifying product key drivers.
- Ability to collaborate with product teams, set success metrics (OKRs), and align insights with business goals.
- Familiarity with best practices for handling sensitive data, ensuring privacy and anonymity.
How you work...
At Accurx we believe in making every day count as we hold a vital role in supporting our users by driving innovative solutions to fix healthcare communication. We want everyone at Accurx to reflect our principles in how they work by looking to:
⭐ Fix healthcare communication
⬆️ Raise the bar
🚙 Be a driver, not a passenger
🤲 Succeed together
💨 Move with urgency
♻️ Be relentlessly resourceful
☝️ Embrace challenge
...Check them out for more detail here!
What we can offer...🤔
💰 £70,000 - £85,000 salary + the value of £50,750 share options
🤝 Access to Happl - a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of £600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance, wellness providers and more.
🏢 We are office first, all accuFolk come to our office in Shoreditch at least 3 days per week, with the option to work remotely 2 days a week. Read more about our policy here.
📚 Allocated annual learning & development budget
🐣 Enhanced parental leave policy
🙏 Prayer, meditation and breastfeeding room
🌴 Working abroad policy
👩🍳We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches will be provided, with the occasional sweet treat!
...And much more.
Like the sound of this role and want to know more about the company? Here's more about us...
We’re a fast-growing healthcare technology company which makes it easier for patients and healthcare teams to communicate.
Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients. Our software helps doctors, nurses, pharmacists, administrators and other professionals to seamlessly connect with both patients and each other.
Our mission is simple: everything we do is to make patients healthier and healthcare staff happier. Today, Accurx is used in 98% of GP practices nationwide and every day more healthcare professionals are using our software in hospitals, pharmacies, care homes and the community.
We’re passionate about staying close to our users, which is why everyone at Accurx visits a GP practice at least twice a quarter to understand how a practice runs, the difficulties they face with technologies and how we can help.
Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our candidate hub. You can also find out more about us on Medium, LinkedIn and Twitter & Instagram.
Our YouTube channel is full of demos of our product, webinars we have held with our users and some clips about life at Accurx.
Diversity & Inclusion
Accurx is committed to being an inclusive employer. As part of this, we’re glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the interview process.
Pre-employment Screening
All successful candidates are asked to complete a Basic DBS check along with other pre-employment checks (referencing & right to work). You can find more on our process here. If you’d like to ask questions before you apply please email [email protected].
Top Skills
What We Do
Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients. Through one, easy-to-use platform, we help everyone involved in a patient’s care to communicate and collaborate.
Whether you’re a patient or a healthcare professional, Accurx lets you connect seamlessly with the people you need to.
We believe that healthcare runs on conversations - conversations in GP practices, on hospital wards, over the phone, text, video, email and from a patient’s home. That’s why we’re working toward a health system where everyone involved in patient care can communicate for the good of patients and healthcare staff.
Every interaction on Accurx helps to build a better-connected healthcare system, where easy communication changes and saves lives every day.
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