Data Scientist (Equity)

Job Title: Data Scientist (Equity-Based)

Company: HiWox
Location: Remote (India) / Hybrid (Preferred: Bhubaneswar, Odisha)
Commitment: Part-Time (20-25 Hours/Week) | Founding Team | Equity-Based

About HiWox

HiWox is building a next-generation HealthTech platform focused on preventive healthcare, AI-powered health intelligence, and holistic wellness through the 9 Dimensions of Wellness.

We are building a technology-driven ecosystem combining healthcare professionals, diagnostics, wearable devices, behavioral data, AI, and personalized wellness programs to help individuals and organizations achieve measurable health outcomes.

As a Data Scientist, you will help build the data and intelligence layer powering HiWoxs health insights, personalization, and future AI capabilities.

Key Responsibilities Health Data Analytics

• Collect, clean, structure, and analyze data from wellness assessments, user behavior, biometrics, consultations, wearables, and other health sources.
• Develop meaningful health and wellness metrics across the 9 Dimensions of Wellness.
• Identify patterns, trends, correlations, and risk indicators from health and behavioral data.

AI Predictive Models

• Develop statistical and machine learning models for health risk assessment, personalization, recommendations, and behavioral insights.
• Contribute to the development of HiWoxs Digital Health Index (DHI) and improve its scoring and predictive capabilities.
• Build recommendation systems for personalized wellness interventions and action plans.
• Experiment with LLMs and AI models for healthcare and wellness use cases.

Data Infrastructure Product Integration

• Work with developers and product teams to design data pipelines and APIs required for AI-powered features.
• Structure datasets and knowledge bases for future AI systems.
• Ensure data is reliable, scalable, and usable across mobile, web, and enterprise dashboards.

Research Experimentation

• Research emerging approaches in healthcare analytics, behavioral science, AI, and preventive healthcare.
• Design experiments and evaluate model performance.
• Convert research findings into practical product features and business insights.

Data Privacy Quality

• Implement appropriate practices for handling sensitive healthcare data.
• Ensure data quality, validation, documentation, and responsible use of health information.
• Work with the product and engineering teams on privacy-conscious data architecture.

Who Should Apply

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, AI/ML, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-6+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, analytics, or AI.
• Strong statistical and analytical thinking.
• Experience working with real-world datasets and building production-oriented models.
• Interest in HealthTech, AI, preventive healthcare, or behavioral science.

Preferred Skills

• Python
• Pandas / NumPy
• Scikit-learn
• SQL
• Machine Learning
• Statistical Modelling
• Data Visualization
• TensorFlow / PyTorch
• NLP / LLMs
• Recommendation Systems
• Time-Series Analysis
• AWS / GCP
• PostgreSQL / MongoDB
• Healthcare / wearable data

Immediate Priorities - First 90 Days

• Understand and structure HiWoxs existing health and wellness data.
• Contribute to the development and validation of the Digital Health Index (DHI).
• Build initial analytics and ML models for personalized wellness recommendations.
• Create data pipelines and datasets required for AI-powered product features.
• Develop dashboards and insights for consultants, users, and enterprise clients.
• Establish a strong foundation for HiWoxs future AI-powered health intelligence system.

Equity-Based Opportunity

This is an equity-only founding team role.

There is no fixed salary during the initial bootstrapping phase. Compensation will be introduced after fundraising and revenue stabilization.

Founder Onboarding Process

• 3-4 strategic discussions to evaluate technical expertise, mindset, execution ability, and long-term alignment.
• A 1-month NDA-based collaboration phase to evaluate actual contribution and ownership.
• Long-term founding team agreement.
• Equity allocation based on contribution, expertise, and commitment.
• 5-year vesting structure for core founding members.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who:

• Can move beyond dashboards and build real intelligence systems.
• Is comfortable working with ambiguous, messy, real-world healthcare data.
• Can translate data into actionable health insights and product features.
• Can work closely with healthcare experts, engineers, product teams, and the founder.
• Has a strong ownership mindset and enjoys building from the ground up.
• Bonus if you have experience in HealthTech, Digital Health, Wearables, AI/ML, Healthcare Analytics, or Behavioral Science.

Were Looking For

We are not looking for someone who simply creates reports or analyzes historical data.

We are looking for a founding Data Scientist who can help build HiWoxs health intelligence layer, develop the Digital Health Index, create predictive and personalized wellness systems, and lay the foundation for an AI-powered preventive healthcare platform.