Data Scientist

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 180 - 230

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Slingshot AI

Slingshot AI is the team behind Ash the first AI designed for mental health. Our mission is to make support more accessible and help people change their lives in the ways they want.

Were building a world-class team by empowering individuals with the autonomy flexibility and support they need to do their best work. We dream big iterate fast and care deeply. If that sounds like you wed love to hear from you.

Our team spans machine learning product engineering conversational design clinical growth and operations with offices in both New York City and London.

Were a well-funded Series A company having raised $93M from Andreessen Horowitz Radical Ventures Forerunner Ventures plus top-tier tech investors involved in ElevenLabs Captions Shopify Plaid Notion Canva Twitch Airtable and many others.

The role

We are seeking a PhD-level Data Scientist to join our Wellbeing Research team. This role is ideal for someone who is deeply fluent in language data/NLP understands clinical research methods and enjoys working on applied problems where scientific validity is as important as technical performance.

Reporting to Slingshots Head of Research Caitlin Stamatis you will play a central role in designing analyzing and interpreting studies that leverage natural language as a primary signal from high-density real-world mental health dialogue and self-report text to longitudinal usage data and platform metrics helping translate complex language patterns into meaningful insights.

This is a rare opportunity to help build the scientific engine behind AI mental health at massive scale: turning rigorous research into product decisions that improve the lives of millions with the ambition to ultimately reach billions. Youll help define what better means how we measure it and how we deliver it responsibly.

About you:

PhD or Masters in a relevant field for example: Data Science Computational Linguistics Health Economics Public Health Quantitative Psychology Cognitive Science Clinical Science or related.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead end-to-end analyses on real-world high-dimensional data (from problem framing execution interpretation recommendations)
Experience applying NLP methods in research or applied settings focused on mental health psychotherapy social processes or with large populations.
Solid statistical foundations and experience with observational study analysis including high-density unstructured real-world data.
Proficiency in Python and common data science / ML libraries that could be passed on for incorporation into a data processing pipeline.
Demonstrated expertise working with language data as a primary modality.

Key responsibilities:

Design and analyze language-focused studies in collaboration with mental health researchers translating psychological constructs into quantitative language-based features.
Develop and validate language-derived metrics against gold standards to measure mental health behavior and social processes.
Lead analysis of large-scale real-world text and conversational datasets using statistical and machine learning methods including embeddings LLM-based features and psycholinguistic approaches.
Assess model behavior bias and limitations in sensitive contexts and track longitudinal or within-subject language changes.
Translate insights into product impact informing experiments user experience improvements and cross-functional communication to both technical and non-technical teams.

What we offer:

A chance to join a passionate tight-knit team working on something to change the world
Competitive compensation (we target 90th percentile)
Travel between our NYC / London offices
Usual startup perks like free lunch in our offices generous learning budget
Generous budget to cover your personal therapy

Required Experience:

Slingshot AISlingshot AI is the team behind Ash the first AI designed for mental health. Our mission is to make support more accessible and help people change their lives in the ways they want.Were building a world-class team by empowering individuals with the autonomy flexibility and support they n...