Senior Data Scientist at Bigfoot Biomedical

What is Bigfoot Biomedical?
 
Bigfoot believes people living with insulin-requiring diabetes deserve relief from its daily burden. We envision a world where the emotional, mental, physical, and financial burden of diabetes has been significantly reduced. We are passionately dedicated to delivering simpler, safer, and more effective solutions for life with insulin.
 
We are personally committed to the mission of improving the lives of people with diabetes through the application of smart technology. We bring deep and nuanced understanding of customer needs, demonstrated technical capabilities in developing and commercializing technology, and proven business acumen in funding and growing startups into profitable publicly traded enterprises.
 
What we are building at Bigfoot Biomedical
 
Bigfoot is building diabetes management solutions integrating data, software, smart devices, and people. This is your chance to join a very talented team!

As a key member of Bigfoot’s Computational Sciences team, the Senior Data Scientist is responsible for creation of new algorithms, statistical models, and the examination of Bigfoot’s data resources to answer questions and develop new products.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Define and refine problem statements and questions posed to the computational sciences group
Gather, clean, and collate data to answer questions
Plan and execute analysis plans to answer questions and develop new product solutions
Stay up to date on advancements in data science especially related to diabetes



Education and Experience Requirements:

MS degree in quantitative field with a minimum of 5+ years of experience analyzing data to address problems in industry OR human physiological data
Demonstrated ability to create solutions to problems using data
Knowledge of best practices for dealing with real data: data cleaning, model creation, model testing

Additionally, the ideal candidate will possess the following:
  Python with pandas
  AWS data workflows
  Visualization and communication of insights
  SQL
  Unix/Linux Operating Systems
  Time Series Methods
  Hypothesis Testing
  Algorithms and Data Structures
  Parallel Programming
  Human Physiology
   Anomaly Detection
   Experience in an FDA-regulated environment, a strong plus.



Physical Demands:

  Ability to sit or stand to perform work.
  Manual dexterity to use computer systems and cellular phones.



What will you do at Bigfoot Biomedical?
 
What you do here at Bigfoot will largely be defined by your existing skills and desire to grow to help us achieve the above. We have an employee-friendly working environment that provides bike racks and showers, lunch and snacks, and flexible hours. Our culture helps us stay focused on our goals.
 
We have competitive benefits. We have a great team culture. We understand that we all need to succeed as a team. We have fun while we're building a solution we can be proud of. 
 
If you're ready to make a dent in the universe, join the mission, and feel like what you do every day isn't just a job, come talk to us!
 
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc., provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.