Who are we?
🫀Vital builds software for care teams and patients, with a focus on the Emergency Room experience. We use machine learning to reduce length of stay, increase provider productivity, and improve patient satisfaction. Vital curates a better healthcare experience for patients and practitioners alike, saving millions of lives in the process.
💡 We provide hospitals with a modern UI and AI layer, which we are able to deploy within a matter of days.
🏥 There are more than 140 million visits to the ER every year in the US. Our mission is to improve the healthcare experience for these patients.
Who are you?
We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist, specializing in NLP, to join our Data Science team at Vital, reporting directly to the VP of Data Science.
You will be joining a small team tasked with the development and ownership of machine learning algorithms which lie at the heart of the Vital product. In particular, your work will focus on leveraging our rich sources of natural language data to improve and create ML-driven products for the application. Making sense of diagnoses, doctors' notes, patient surveys, etc. is pivotal for Vital to be able to deliver effective and personalized healthcare experiences to our patients and providers. Machine learning is essential to the unique value that Vital provides, and your contributions to these systems are crucial to the success of our company!
We are looking for a candidate who is excited to be confronted with new challenges each day. The role comes with significant autonomy, and involves responding to the changing requirements of an early-stage startup. We want you to have opinions, take ownership, and feel that your work has a significant impact on a company which you partly own.
What will you be doing?
Why work at Vital?
Requirements
Need to have…
NOTE: The hours for this role overlap with our team in New Zealand. Specifically, we need you to be online from 9-11am New Zealand time. Of course, we’re happy for you to start your day later in order to accommodate.
Nice to have…
Some additional skills which we’d find useful if you have them, but should not affect your decision to apply:
We're on a mission to make healthcare more intuitive and intelligent for medical providers and patients.We're pushing the bounds of healthcare software.Our team is quick moving, full of energy, and constantly striving for innovation. We value what each team member has to bring to the table, both inside and outside of work. Diversity, inclusion, and respect are important to us and each team member must abide by our shared code of conduct.Benefits of Working at VitalRemote FirstVital is a remote first company with hubs in Auckland and the US. Work from home, the office, the bach - wherever it is you need to make your best happen.Ownership / SharesTake ownership of your work… literally. Not only does Vital offer competitive salaries but you’ll also get stock options which means you get to share in our success.Fuel the MindA team that's well fed and watered is a happy team. We have a wide range of organic snacks and drinks on offer, we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with plenty of cake, and we shout a team lunch in the Auckland hub every second week.FlexibilityAt Vital we understand that life doesn’t always play by the rules or fit in the windows outside of work. We’re big on flexible hours and working to live, not living to work.Professional DevelopmentDevelopment and support is really important to us at Vital so we provide opportunities for you to grow and get to where you want to be in your career.
Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.
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