Data Scientist - Applied Mathematics & Clinical Analytics

Location: Hybrid in Porto, Portugal

Company

hirify.global is a deep-tech healthcare startup building an AI-powered platform for precision medicine, personalized patient screening, and disease stratification.

What you will do

• Translate clinical and preclinical questions into analytical tasks, approaches, and deliverables.
• Apply signal processing, probability, statistics, machine learning, and mathematical expertise to develop and evaluate robust algorithms.
• Prepare, explore, and analyse experimental and clinical datasets, investigating quality issues and inconsistencies.
• Take ownership of unresolved analytical problems, diagnose causes, and develop practical solutions.
• Produce reproducible code, analyses, visualisations, and documentation for review and reuse.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and scientific colleagues to interpret findings, support reports and publications, and contribute to project milestones.

Requirements

• Degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline, supported by relevant applied experience.
• Professional experience delivering Data Science or quantitative analysis projects from problem definition through implementation.
• Strong scientific programming skills and the ability to write clear, maintainable analytical code.
• Practical knowledge of statistics, machine learning, data preparation, and model evaluation.
• Ability to investigate unfamiliar datasets, troubleshoot analytical workflows, and assess whether results are credible.
• Experience managing personal deliverables and communicating progress, dependencies, and findings.

Nice to have

• Experience in a startup or another environment requiring ownership and adaptability.
• Experience analysing biomedical, clinical, or experimental data.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace with a strong remote work culture and adaptable working hours.
• Flexible, fast-paced, and creative startup environment.
• Collaborative, kind, honest, egoless, and ownership-oriented culture.
• Weekly happy hours, food and drinks, free coffee, and snacks.
• Opportunity to work with scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors on healthcare and precision medicine.