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Data Scientist - AI/ML

Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Feb 2026
💰 $210,000/yr($158,000/yr$210,000/yr)

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Data Scientist will be part of a team building Stanford Health Care's (SHC) solutions incorporating Artificial Intelligence including providing health care solutions in the areas of patient care, medical research and administrative services. This group is designed to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other emerging machine learning (ML) based innovations in data science into healthcare and will partner closely with individuals across clinical specialties and operations areas to deploy algorithms that can lead to better patient outcomes.

Reporting to the Data Science Director and working closely with Stanford Medicine's inaugural Chief Data Scientist, this role is responsible for developing AI solutions – from predictive algorithms to agentic systems - into healthcare in a safe, ethical and cost-effective manner.

A Brief Overview
The Data Scientist will be part of a team building Stanford Health Care's (SHC) solutions incorporating Artificial Intelligence including providing health care solutions in the areas of patient care, medical research and administrative services. This group is designed to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI), predictive algorithms and other emerging machine learning (ML) based innovations in data science into healthcare and will partner closely with individuals across clinical specialties and operations areas to deploy algorithms that can lead to better patient outcomes.

Reporting to the Data Science Director and working closely with Stanford Medicine's inaugural Chief Data Scientist, this role is responsible for developing predictive algorithms and other machine learning (ML) based innovations in data science into healthcare in a safe, ethical and cost-effective manner. The individual will design, implement and support ML models for use in the clinic.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

  • Build, deploy and maintain AI and ML enabled care workflows. This includes working with others at SHC to design and develop solutions to the problems undertaken by the Data Science group.
  • Evaluate tools, platforms and strategies used by the Data Science group to manage the lifecycle of building models from healthcare data.
  • Train, develop, and validate researcher-built or vendor provided machine learning algorithms on hospital data with strong quality control checks and bias assessments.


Education Qualifications

  • PhD/MS degree in statistics, informatics or related field


Experience Qualifications

  • PhD: Experience preferred
  • MS Degree: 4+ years of related experience with applied problems


Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to write code in SQL, R, or Python for processing large datasets in distributed cloud environments, and experience in processing and analyzing healthcare data.
  • Experience developing, evaluating, and implementing machine learning models.
  • Experience working with clinicians and researchers across disciplines to develop approaches for use in clinical care.
  • Experience working in cloud environments or working in a healthcare organization.
  • Graduate level understanding of techniques in machine learning, knowledge representation, and artificial intelligence along with a strong understanding of statistics.
  • Knowledge of software development, machine learning, and technology infrastructure
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, along with demonstrated creativity and latitude in problem solving, including the ability to prioritize and execute multiple competing tasks.


Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Blood Borne Pathogens

  • Category II - Tasks that involve NO exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but employment may require performing unplanned Category I tasks


These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience


Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply pu

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