Hybrid Healthcare Data Scientist (R) — Reproducible Analytics

Headwater Science; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health coverage for you and family

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO and holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Headwater Science in Durham, NC is seeking a Data Scientist to translate research protocols into reproducible analyses. You will write R code to construct cohorts, run analyses, and produce study results as tables and figures.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage pipelines in GitLab, and ensure the analytic datasets and models are well-documented and reproducible for client deliverables. Nice-to-have includes experience with healthcare data.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or 2+ years in biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, bioinformatics, data science, or related field.
• Strong R programming skills.
• Experience querying relational databases via SQL or dbplyr.
• Ability to write readable, reproducible code.
• Strong communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop R code to execute research projects, including cohort construction and analyses that generate study results.
• Coordinate development through GitLab as code is assembled into project deliverables.
• Build analytic datasets with baseline characteristics, time-varying treatments, outcomes, and censoring.
• Fit models per study design and run diagnostics like propensity score distributions and covariate balance.
• Create study results components and client deliverables (tables/figures).
• Extend the project pipeline from analytic-ready datasets through finished reports.

Skills

Strong R programming

Strong communication

Readable, reproducible code

Education

Master’s degree

2+ years relevant work experience

Biostatistics / epidemiology background

Tools

dbplyr

SQL

GitLab

causalRisk

Job description

Headwater Science in Durham, NC is seeking a Data Scientist to translate research protocols into reproducible analyses. You will write R code to construct cohorts, run analyses, and produce study results as tables and figures.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage pipelines in GitLab, and ensure the analytic datasets and models are well-documented and reproducible for client deliverables. Nice-to-have includes experience with healthcare data.