> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/4657159-data-scientist](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/4657159-data-scientist). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientist - **Company:** Neko Health - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Backend, Modeling and Simulation - **Published:** November 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/py9tax8tww ## About the Role * MSc or PhD in Physics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 7+ years of relevant industry experience, or 5+ years post-PhD. * Deep knowledge of physics-based modelling and simulation: translating physical systems (optical, acoustic or electromagnetic) into code from first principles. * Experience with laser-based measurement techniques such as laser speckle, doppler, OCT, interferometry, lidar FMCW or spectroscopy, or related fields. * Strong software engineering skills and proven experience shipping algorithms to production. * Experience working at the hardware-software boundary: characterising sensors, building calibration pipelines and validating measurements against ground truth. * AI fluent: confident using current AI tooling to increase productivity and efficiency. Preferred * Experience working in clinical or regulated environments, and an understanding of regulatory requirements for medical device algorithms. * Prior experience in med-tech, biophotonics, metrology or sensor-driven R&D where understanding the underlying physics was essential to getting the algorithm right. * Demonstrated success mentoring engineers or researchers in high-growth, mission-driven organisations. ## Description We are hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Science team, working across projects such as Laser Speckle and other optical imaging. These roles take novel sensor data streams and turn them into validated, production-ready algorithms with real clinical impact. You will collaborate with hardware and optics engineers, clinical scientists and other data scientists to develop prototypes, validate clinical use cases and deliver algorithms into production, integrated into Neko Health's clinics and products. The role puts Member-first, always and Optimistic truth seeking into practice. What You'll Deliver In The First 6-12 Months * Develop, verify, validate and deploy physics-based algorithms for laser measurement systems, contributing to new product capabilities or research breakthroughs that improve member outcomes (Member-first, always). * Collaborate with optical engineers, hardware developers and clinical researchers to deliver algorithms that bridge the gap between physical sensor behaviour and production software in Neko Health's clinics and products (Tech-enabled, human-centred). * Deliver production-quality code and integrate physics-aware algorithms into Neko's backend infrastructure, raising the bar for technical excellence across the Data Science team (Chase 10X, not 10%). * Design and execute calibration, validation and noise characterisation methods for measurement algorithms, so our science meets the highest standards of metrological and clinical rigour (Optimistic truth seeking). * Mentor and collaborate within a high-performing, multidisciplinary team, contributing to a culture of openness and continuous improvement (Optimistic truth seeking)., Groups track goals on a yearly and quarterly basis with goal follow-up across the entire engineering organization on a bi-weekly basis. Most groups do internal planning on a bi-weekly basis, but in the end it's up to the group to decide how they want to work. We have, however, mandated that all groups must present their progress or failures or hacks at our bi-weekly engineering demo, a fun meeting/presentation where we talk about everything from short-circuiting power-modules, how hard it is to calibrate cameras or align polygons in space, to neat new command line tools for operations, a new auth mechanism in the backend, a cool new way to visualize health data or a new feature which helps our doctors be more productive. We have a flexible workplace that focuses on work/life balance, and we strongly believe in our mission but do not think that achieving it requires sacrificing everything else.