Data Scientist (Clinical)

Do you want to help shape tomorrow’s healthcare with AI? At Pacmed, we combine technology and humanity to keep healthcare accessible and future-proof. We are a growing AI company with solutions already running in multiple hospitals, and we are actively scaling further across the Netherlands.

With our software, we help healthcare professionals make better real-time decisions, use capacity more efficiently, and ensure smooth patient flows, from the emergency department and ICU to the clinic. Our mission is to help hospitals accelerate their care transformation and digitalization goals, so that every patient receives the right care at the right time.

Does this sound exciting? Then we have the perfect role for you! We are looking for a Data Scientist (Clinical) who will strengthen the user-facing and clinical side of our data science work: not only training our models, but making sure that their output is trusted, usable, and demonstrably impactful in hospitals.

As a Data Scientist, you will sit (or stand, if you prefer) right at the point where our models meet clinical practice. You will report to our Head of Engineering & Data Science, and work closely with a group of talented and driven developers, engineers, data scientists, designers and clinical experts in the Product Engineering team. Your focus will be on connecting our models and the underlying data to the people who use them: working with clinicians to understand their workflows and needs, developing and training models, shaping how predictions are presented in the product, and demonstrating clinical impact through retrospective and impact analyses. We're looking for someone with a genuine product mindset, who builds trust with medical experts, takes ownership, and is motivated to keep learning and make our products more usable, interpretable, and valuable in the clinic.

Why Pacmed is a great place to work

• We're a dynamic startup committed to improving healthcare in the Netherlands.
• We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for our team.
• We're a talented bunch dedicated to helping each other grow.
• We foster a culture of kindness and respect.
• We're a team of ambitious and fun-loving people, with regular team events!

What would be expected of you

• Train machine learning models and shape how their outputs are presented in the product in collaboration with frontend, UX, product, and users.
• Design and execute impact and retrospective analyses that demonstrate and improve the clinical value of our products.
• Work in a structured way with internal and external medical experts, translating clinical needs into product and modeling decisions, and model behavior into clinical language.
• Be the go-to person for the interpretation of clinical data, and help prioritize data science efforts from a clinical point of view.
• Contribute to the data science aspects of product discovery, by carrying out your own experiments or supervising interns.
• Contribute to tailoring and validating our pipelines and models in new hospital environments.
• Use AI tooling wisely and responsibly to assist you in your work.
• Participate in validation and verification activities, according to the latest medical and information security regulations.
• Be present in the office a couple of days per week. We are flexible, and at the same time we love seeing each other regularly and working together in person.

Requirements

Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience working in a clinical environment or with clinical data
• Solid data science and machine learning fundamentals in Python (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn)
• Strong communication skills with non-technical stakeholders, a genuine product mindset, and curiosity about clinical users and products
• Professional working proficiency in Dutch, and fluency in written and spoken English
• Eligible to work in the Netherlands (EU). Unfortunately we are not able to sponsor visas at the moment.

At Pacmed, we think there is strength in diversity. Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Pacmed encourages you to reconsider and apply! Building responsible AI requires diverse perspectives, equitable practices, and integrity every step of the way. This is our commitment.

Working at Pacmed

The perks our team loves

🚀 You'll get a stake in Pacmed's success through our Stock Appreciation Rights (SAR) program

💡 Development Day once a month – spend 5% of your work time for personal development!

🎪 Regular social events, with quarterly outings and yearly off-site

👵🏽 Sponsored contribution of an equivalent of 6% of your salary to a private pension fund

👶 Extra paid additional birth leave and maternity leave

🏠 Flexible working arrangements in working hours and working from abroad

…but also:

🏝 25 paid holidays per year based on full time employment

➕ The option to buy 5 extra holidays based on full time employment

🏖️ Possibility to take a 3-months sabbatical once employed with a permanent contract

🥗 Lunch provided daily at the office, with plenty of vegetarian and vegan options

🏋🏽 A ClassPass and OpenUp subscription

🙏🏻 Option to customize public holidays: swap some standard public holidays for alternative days to accommodate personal or religious observances

🖥️ Company laptop, phone allowance and home office equipment provided

Our Tech Stack

Our software is written in Python and Javascript (Typescript), with Azure as our cloud provider. On the data science side, you will work mostly in Python: we process clinical data with Pandas, Polars, and (Py)Spark, and we train and evaluate our models with scikit-learn and related libraries (e.g., scikit-survival, LightGBM). Interpretability and explainability are central to how we build: our predictions only create value when users understand, trust and use them. Around all this sits our product stack — FastAPI, SQL, VueJS, Docker — which you will encounter when your work finds its way into the product. Of course, no single person knows and uses all these tools! So don't worry if you don't know some of them. And if you are curious about any new tool, you will definitely have the chance to pick them up and learn on the job.

At the same time, we are always eager to add beneficial new technologies to our stack. If you want to contribute your expertise with a specific tool that you love, we have a Tech Funnel process to evaluate and possibly adopt anything that might be interesting and beneficial to the team and/or our product.

Growing at Pacmed

At Pacmed we are fully committed to help you grow in the direction that you envision for yourself. Together with your manager, you will craft a development path to guide you in the process. Every quarter you will review your individual growth goals, both with your manager and your team lead, to make sure that you are working on the right things and achieving the goals you have set for yourself.

As a successful Data Scientist, here's an example of what the next 5 years at Pacmed could look like. Of course, this is just a hypothetical path: everyone's professional growth looks different, and every step of the way is highly dependent on a number of factors, including but not limited to one's own performance, but also the needs of the team and the availability of positions.

In the short term (1-3 years) you could grow into a Senior position, in which you will own big(ger) parts of our data science work; design and execute complex analyses and experiments; scope and drive medium- and long-term projects; contribute to the strategic vision of the product and tech team; work closely with team leads and product managers to plan work and resources.

In the longer term (3-5 years), you would decide to follow either the Manager or Individual Contributor track. As a lead/manager, you would start leading teams and managing direct reports, contributing to the company and product strategy, helping to draft goals, manage resources, hiring, etc. As an individual contributor, you would be able to focus on leading the clinical and data science strategy of the team, being responsible for large(r) analytical and product decisions, and for delivering data science work of the highest quality.

Hiring process

Note: we will not ask you to do a take-home coding challenge for this position. We value your time, and we do not believe in asking candidates to do unpaid work.

1️⃣ ✨ Introductory chat

• With whom? One of our engineers or data scientists.
• How long? 15-30 mins
• How? Online (MS Teams)
• What? A short call to align on the fundamentals and practicalities: salary expectations (both ways), motivation, and main requirements. You will hear more about Pacmed and you will be asked some questions to check that we can proceed to the next stage.

2️⃣ 🖥️ First Interview

• With whom? Two of our colleagues from the Product-Tech Team.
• How long? 45 minutes
• How? Online (MS Teams) or in our Amsterdam office. This could be combined with step 3. This interview will be held in Dutch.
• What? This will be a way to get to know each other and to dive into your product mindset, communication style, and affinity with clinical users and UX. We'll also tell you a bit more about the company, team, way of working, and the product, and you can ask any questions you might have about Pacmed or the position.

3️⃣ ⚜️ Technical Interview

• With whom? Some of our data scientists and clinical experts
• How long? 1.5-2 hours, split in two sessions.
• How? In person at our office, but possible to arrange it online if needed. This could be combined with step 2. (If you are applying from outside of the Netherlands and are therefore unable to make it to the office at this stage, don't worry – it will not influence your chances in any way!)
• What? This is where you will be able to shine. We will go in depth on data science fundamentals, interpretability, and analysis design, working together on some fun, realistic problems. We will also work on use cases where your clinical, UX and/or product experience will play a crucial role.

4️⃣ 🤙🏻 Final chat (+ optional lunch at the office)

• With whom? Michele (Head of Engineering) and/or Bas (CTO).
• How long? 45min
• How? In person at our office, but possible to arrange it online if needed. (If you are applying from outside of the Netherlands and are therefore unable to make it to the office at this stage, don't worry – it will not influence your chances in any way!)
• What? This will be an informal chat with the CTO and your future manager, to go more in depth about your growth plans, motivation, way of working, and culture fit/add. It will also be a chance for you to ask all the questions you might still have after going through the interviews. In addition, if you are able to come to the office, we would love for you to have lunch with the rest of the team, to get to know them and have a chance to experience what it means to work from the Pacmed office.

We're looking forward to meeting you!