Senior Data Scientist

ŌURA; Oulu; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Lunch benefit

Wellness benefit

Flexible working hours

Collaborative teammates

An Oura ring of your own

Job summary

ŌURA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to advance physiological feature pipelines and biomarkers using wearable health data. You will join the Product Science team in a dynamic, exploratory environment, guiding algorithmic development from concept to deployment with cross‑functional collaboration.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience with wearable data, deep learning, AWS, and distributed teams, and can communicate complex concepts to stakeholders while navigating ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data science experience with sparse real-world wearable data.
• Proficient in Python and deep learning for multimodal sequential data.
• Experience forecasting, simulations, and statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop new physiology-based features from multi-sensor data.
• Transform biosensor signals into actionable health metrics.
• Build scalable analytics tools and reusable data pipelines.
• Lead data collection efforts and publish findings to internal and external audiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and international teams.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Multimodal data fusion

Forecasting models

Data visualization

Education

Master's or PhD in STEM

Tools

AWS

SQL

GitHub

PyTorch

Job description

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to play a key role in advancing our physiological feature pipeline and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with biomarker and wearable health data. This role is ideal for an experienced ML expert who has expertise around health data, thrives in ambiguous problem spaces, and brings a balance of hands‑on technical depth and strategic thinking.

You will work within our Product Science team, and we seek a data scientist who thrives in dynamic environments and is prepared to pioneer in uncharted territory accompanied with a creative approach to algorithmic development.

Location: Finland, we have offices in Helsinki and Oulu

What You Will Do

• Contribute to development of new human physiology based features and new sensor technology
• Transform multi-sensor data into actionable health metrics by combining insights from diverse biosensing technologies with state-of-the-art data science methodologies
• Develop reusable data analytics tools, which can be deployed at scale
• Actively participate in developing and refining the team’s strategic roadmap, innovating and prioritising initiatives, and aligning project goals with broader organisational objectives
• Lead data collections, write scientific reports, publications and white papers, and present findings internally (leadership and stakeholders) and externally (conferences, etc.)
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and overseas stakeholders

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

• Have 6+ years of experience in Data Science with sparse real world data, most likely wearable data with excellent physiological understanding
• Considers Python as their Mother Tongue and has a strong track record in developing deep learning and multimodal data fusion for sequential data.
• Experience with forecasting models, optimization models, statistical analysis, and running simulations.
• Have an advanced degree (Masters/Doctor) in a STEM-related field (e.g. engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics) or equivalent work experience
• Expert level experience building and deploying data science products using AWS tools, SQL, GitHub, and Pytorch
• Strong project management experience and is comfortable working with a diverse, distributed and talented group of team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrates a proactive mindset, thriving in uncharted territories with the resilience and creativity to navigate ambiguity and deliver solutions in the face of obstacles

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Lunch benefit
• Wellness benefit
• Flexible working hours
• Collaborative, smart teammates
• An Oura ring of your own

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.