Biostatistics Data Scientist (Remote)

Calyxo, Inc.; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Healthcare benefits + 401(k)

Paid vacation

Job summary

Calyxo, Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist (Biostatistics) to transform real-world, clinical, and preclinical data into reliable datasets, analyses, and insights across the medical device lifecycle.

The role reports to the Manager of Biostatistics & Data Science and emphasizes reproducible workflows and clear documentation. The successful candidate will support both RWE and statistical execution of studies, including design, endpoints, analysis planning, programming, data reviews, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, biostatistics, computer science, epidemiology, public health, or related field with 7+ years of experience; or a Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Practical experience using R to prepare, analyze, visualize, and validate complex datasets.
• Experience translating a research question into a well-defined dataset, analysis plan, and transparent, reproducible workflow.
• Experience with statistical analysis of clinical, preclinical, observational, or other health-related data.
• Working knowledge of study design, endpoint definition, analysis planning, and interpretation of clinical or preclinical study data.
• Ability to develop, review, and document statistical programs and analytical outputs with quality control and traceability.
• Strong data-quality, documentation, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Translate research and business questions into cohort definitions, data requirements, analytic plans, and clear deliverables.
• Work with real-world data, EHR records, claims data, clinical data, and other sources to assess data availability, provenance, quality, and suitability for analysis.
• Build, validate, and maintain reproducible workflows for data extraction, transformation, cohort construction, data-quality checks, and analysis-ready datasets.
• Develop, validate, and document repeatable workflows for structured clinical data and unstructured notes, including clinical concept extraction and NLP where appropriate.
• Support real-world evidence and post-market analyses, including trend assessments, subgroup analyses, evidence synthesis, and other analyses for device safety and performance.

Skills

R

Translation of research questions into

Biostatistics analyses

Study design & endpoints

Data quality & documentation

Communication with stakeholders

Travel up to 10%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, biostatistics, computer science, epidemiology, public health, or related field

Master’s degree in related field

PhD preferred

Tools

R

SAS

Python

SQL

Job description

Calyxo, Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist (Biostatistics) to transform real-world, clinical, and preclinical data into reliable datasets, analyses, and insights across the medical device lifecycle.

The role reports to the Manager of Biostatistics & Data Science and emphasizes reproducible workflows and clear documentation. The successful candidate will support both RWE and statistical execution of studies, including design, endpoints, analysis planning, programming, data reviews, and