Lead Applied Research Scientist Us at Babylon Health

In any healthcare system, decisions are made that affect people's lives; from predicting risk and understanding symptom presentations to deciding the most appropriate clinical and lifestyle interventions for a patient. Artificial intelligence algorithms represent a leap forward in the quality and accessibility of healthcare through automated, personalised clinical decision making. At  Babylon, our goal is to build the next generation of algorithms that will operate through digital healthcare platforms to deliver the highest standard of care for millions of our members globally.


We are looking for a highly motivated, technically adept Staff/Lead AI Research Scientist to help us build the next generation of algorithms for clinical decision making and population health management. You will have a strong interest in developing and applying state of the art machine learning methods to clinical decision making, and ideally have a strong understanding in a relevant area including but not limited to AI in medicine, causal inference & graphical models, time series forecasting, reinforcement learning, and decision support systems. As a senior member of the Applied Sciences team, you will report directly to the Chief Scientific Officer, and will pursue collaborative applied research projects within a multidisciplinary team of researchers including: machine learning researchers, statisticians, epidemiologists and clinicians, who are working together to build a platform for healthcare delivery that will directly impact and improve the lives of millions globally. Enter job/role specific opening


WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Lead the development of state-of-the-art algorithms to: 
Identify optimal treatment effects/interventions from observational data
Risk stratify populations for effective population health management.
Advise and collaborate on ongoing research projects
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior researchers
Defining experimentation and data collection strategy 
Design and implement state-of-the-art ML approaches for risk prediction and causal simulation 
Provide thought leadership by publishing research papers at leading conferences and in top tier journals, as well as communicating research through media and outreach
Presenting findings from research to senior stakeholders across the business, to inform strategic decisions 




WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Proven track record leading applied AI research projects, ideally in risk prediction, individual treatment effect estimation, medical time series forecasting, or clinical decision making
Comfortable working with researchers and non-research stakeholders in an applied science environment
Comfortable working with large aggregated datasets, and ideally with healthcare data
Ability to construct productionisable prototypes in a collaborative codebase 
Understanding of core concepts in population health, primary healthcare or epidemiology is a plus



WHO YOU ARE

Strongly motivated by Babylon’s mission to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to everyone, and have a strong interest and knowledge of causal inference and machine learning techniques. 
Comfortable working in a research setting, and should have applied industry experience.
High degree of individual initiative, and an ability to engage stakeholders and other teams within Babylon.



WORKING AT BABYLON 
Whether you work in one of our amazing offices or a distributed team, Babylon is highly collaborative and fun! You’ll have a chance to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders. We have a learning environment where you can make an impact. 

WHO WE ARE
We are a team on a mission, to put accessible and affordable healthcare in the hands of every person on earth. Our mission is bold and ambitious, and it’s one that’s shared by our team who shares our values, to dream big, build fast and be brilliant. To achieve this, we’ve brought together one of the largest teams of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers to focus on combining the ever-growing computing power of machines, with the best medical expertise of humans, to create a comprehensive, immediate and personalized health service and make it universally available.

At Babylon our people aren’t just part of a team, they’re part of something bigger. We’re a vibrant community of creative thinkers and doers, forging the way for a new generation of healthcare. We’re only as good as our people. So, finding the best people is everything to us. We serve millions, but we choose our people one at a time…

DIVERSITY AT BABYLON
We believe that difference inspires a better, healthier world. That’s why it’s at the heart of everything we do. From our people to our products, difference enriches every part of our business and creates a culture based on equality of opportunity, and in which all Babylonians can progress their careers. We’re committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy status, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.