Headway
Senior Data Scientist
$180K–$225K
New York, NY +2 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 6+ years using data to drive product or business decisions.
About the job
Turns product, operational, and clinical data into decisions and predictive models that improve patient and provider experiences and mental health outcomes.
What you'll do
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define questions, metrics, guardrails, and decision rules; analyze product behavior and communicate actionable findings.
- Design and analyze experiments, and use causal inference when experiments are not possible.
- Develop, validate, and monitor predictive models that operationalize vetted insights.
What they ask for
- 6+ years using data to drive product or business decisions.
- Strong SQL and strong proficiency in Python or R for analysis and modeling.
- Depth in experimentation and causal inference under real-world constraints.
- Practical modeling skills, including feature engineering, model comparison, cross-validation or backtesting, calibration, and post-launch monitoring.
Nice to have
- Fluency with AI tools, including LLMs and coding assistants, in analytical workflows.
- Strong product sense and a track record of connecting analytics recommendations to measurable outcomes.
Pay
USD 180,000-225,000 base salary
Tools
SQL, Python, R, LLMs
AI focus
Use LLMs and coding assistants to accelerate analysis, prototyping, and documentation; develop predictive models for product and business decisions.
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