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# Data Scientist at Solace

- **Company:** Solace
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solace/9dc2497a-d836-4331-9040-3d9108be8563

## Job description

## About Solace

Healthcare in the U.S. is fundamentally broken. The system is so complex that 88% of U.S. adults do not have the health literacy necessary to navigate it without help. Solace cuts through the red tape of healthcare by pairing patients with expert advocates and giving them the tools to make better decisions—and get better outcomes. We're a Series C startup, founded in 2022 and backed by Inspired Capital, Craft Ventures, Torch Capital, Menlo Ventures, Signalfire, and IVP. Our U.S. based team is lean, mission-driven, and growing quickly. Solace isn't a place to coast. We're here to redefine healthcare—and that demands urgency, precision, and heart. If you're looking to stretch yourself, sharpen your edge, and do the best work of your life alongside a team that cares deeply, you're in the right place. We’re intense, and we like it that way. Read more in our Bloomberg funding announcement [here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/vcs-give-solace-health-1-billion-valuation-for-patient-advocacy-tech?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MDczMDg4MywiZXhwIjoxNzcxMzM1NjgzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQThVUzhLR0NURzEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBRDYxODI0MTc0ODM0MTk0QTRENUZFNzkwMzNGMDJGNSJ9.TE2pFUAOQAPMUXFlzoQ7zeJvctq7cSibbZqtIwhW-2U&leadSource=uverify+wall).

## About the Role

At Solace, data isn't just about understanding the past; it's about predicting the future. We are a rapidly scaling startup where we work hard, move fast, and wear many hats. The Solace Data Team is looking for a Data Scientist who excels at forecasting, prediction, and machine learning to help us anticipate patient needs and optimize our operations. Reporting directly to the VP of Data, you will have the opportunity to lead high-impact projects that directly influence our strategic decision-making. In this role, you will go beyond descriptive analytics to build the predictive engines that drive our business. Whether you are forecasting operational volume, modeling patient risk, or designing rigorous A/B tests, you will bridge the gap between advanced statistics and practical business application, ensuring our models are robust, interpretable, and impactful.

## What You’ll Do

- Build Predictive Models: Develop and refine machine learning models to solve critical business problems, such as predicting patient churn, estimating operational volume, or scoring advocate quality.
- Drive Forecasting Rigor: Own the development of time-series forecasts that guide our capacity planning and resource allocation. You will help us anticipate "what comes next" with higher accuracy.
- Design & Analyze Experiments: Lead the design and analysis of A/B tests and causal inference studies. You will ensure we measure the true impact of our product and operational changes.
- Uncover Deep Insights: Apply advanced statistical methods to complex datasets to find patterns that simple reporting might miss. You will answer the "why" and "how" behind our most difficult questions.
- Productionize Solutions: Work closely with Data Engineers to take your models from a local notebook to a production environment, ensuring they run reliably within our data infrastructure.
- Communicate Complexity: Translate complex statistical findings into clear, actionable narratives for non-technical stakeholders. You will be the voice of statistical reason in strategic discussions.

## What You Bring

- Statistical Expertise: You have a strong background in statistics, probability, and mathematics (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis, time-series forecasting).
- Python & ML Proficiency: You are fluent in Python and its data science ecosystem (pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels, NumPy). You write clean, reproducible code.
- Forecasting Experience: You have hands-on experience with time-series analysis and forecasting techniques (e.g., ARIMA, Prophet, exponential smoothing).
- Advanced SQL: You can write complex queries to wrangle your own data from Snowflake without relying solely on others to prepare it for you.
- Preferred Masters Degree or PHD: Data Science, Applied Science, or related fields.
- Data Privacy Awareness: You understand the importance of protecting patient data. You are familiar with best practices for handling PHI and PII and ensuring privacy in your analysis.
- Startup DNA: You are a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity. You take ownership of problems and are willing to wear many hats to get the job done.

Bonus Points

- Deployment Experience: Experience using tools like Docker, Airflow, or MLflow to deploy and monitor models in production.
- Healthcare Experience: Experience working with healthcare or insurance claims data is a plus.
- NLP & Unstructured Data: Experience applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to extract insights from unstructured text data.
- Marketplace Matching: Experience designing matching algorithms or ranking systems for two-sided marketplaces.
- dbt & Engineering Skills: Comfort reading or writing dbt models to understand the lineage of your data.

Applicants must be based in the United States.

Up for the Challenge? We look forward to meeting you.

Fraudulent Recruitment Advisory: Solace Health will NEVER request bank details or offer employment without an interview. All legitimate communications come from official solace.health emails only or [ashbyhq.com](http://ashbyhq.com). Report suspicious activity to recruiting@solace.health or advocate@solace.health.

## About Solace

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Solace is a healthcare advocacy platform that connects patients with dedicated, experienced healthcare advocates (nurses and care specialists) who navigate the complex U.S. healthcare system on their behalf, covered by insurance.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, United States (also listed with an Austin, Texas address)
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Jeremy Gurewitz (CEO) & Sara Sargent (CPO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Healthcare advocacy, care navigation, patient support services
- **Target customers**: B2C (patients and families with complex or chronic health needs) / B2B (health plans, employers, and organizations like The American Legion) / Enterprise
- **Mission**: To empower patients, improve outcomes, and restore the promise of the U.S. healthcare system.

## Products & Services
- **Solace Advocacy Platform (Core Service)**: A service that pairs patients with a dedicated healthcare advocate—a registered nurse or care specialist with an average of 16+ years of experience. The advocate helps navigate diagnoses, coordinate care, understand insurance benefits (Medicare, commercial insurance), find specialists, schedule appointments, and manage continuity of care across different providers and systems (VA, private, Medicare). This service is covered by insurance (including UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, BCBS, Cigna) for eligible members.
- **American Legion Partnership**: A specialized program offering dedicated healthcare advocacy to veterans and their families, helping them navigate both VA and private healthcare systems.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1 Billion (as of February 2026, per reports from their Series C raise) [cbinsights.com]
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $204M raised to date.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
    - **Lead Investors (latest round)**: IVP (Series C lead) [linkedin.com]
    - **Other Investors**: Menlo Ventures (Series B lead), Inspired Capital Partners (Series A lead), Torch Capital, SignalFire, RiverPark Ventures [cbinsights.com]
    - **Key Partner**: The American Legion (nation's largest veterans service organization) [businesswire.com]
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Valuation**: Reached $1B valuation in early 2026, just 4 years after founding. [cbinsights.com]
    - **Funding**: Raised $130M Series C in Feb 2026, following a $60M Series B in May 2025. [linkedin.com]
    - **Headcount**: 562 employees as of mid-2026, with a yearly growth rate of +402.6%. [linkedin.com]
    - **LinkedIn Growth**: 24,608 followers, with a yearly growth of +265.7%. [linkedin.com]
    - **Recognition**: Named to Jeffrey Bussgang's 2026 "Rocket Ship Startup List" of 35 Supernova companies out of 900 evaluated. [linkedin.com]
    - **New Markets**: Expanded services to commercially insured patients (Feb 2026). [cbinsights.com]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Insurance Coverage Model**: Unlike many advocacy services that are paid out-of-pocket, Solace is covered by major insurance plans (UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, BCBS, Cigna), removing the cost barrier for patients.
- **High-Touch, Longitudinal Care**: Each patient is paired with a single, dedicated advocate for the entire care journey, providing continuity. Advocates are highly experienced (avg. 16+ years).
- **Deep Veteran Focus**: A exclusive partnership with The American Legion gives them a unique and powerful distribution channel and brand credibility in the massive veterans' healthcare market.
- **Strong Traction & Funding**: Achieving unicorn status ($1B valuation) in just 4 years signals strong investor confidence and business model validation.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale the Advocate Network**: Hiring heavily for clinical roles (Lead Advocate, Associate Researcher) to meet growing demand.
- **Deepen Insurance Partnerships**: Expanding coverage to more commercial and government insurance plans to reach a wider patient base.
- **Expand Veteran Programs**: Capitalizing on the American Legion partnership to become the leading patient advocacy solution for veterans.
- **Data & Technology Investment**: Hiring data analytics leads and impact researchers, suggesting a focus on measuring outcomes and using data to improve the platform and the care experience.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees are motivated by a clear, tangible social impact—solving real suffering within a broken healthcare system. The company culture is described as one where the problem is "real, and so are the people living it."
- **Fully Remote & Anti-Meeting Culture**: The company is a "productive, fully-remote team" with a strong "anti-meeting culture" that values asynchronous work and quality conversations. [solace.health]
- **High-Growth Environment**: With 562 employees and a 402% yearly headcount growth rate, this is an extremely fast-scaling startup. This offers significant career advancement opportunities but also requires adaptability and a bias for action.
- **Culture of Feedback & Excellence**: The company values "feedback as a gift" and has a "bias toward action," emphasizing learning from mistakes while holding a high standard for performance.
- **Vibrant Work Environment**: High employee rating on LinkedIn (4.5/5.0) with strong marks for Work-Life (4.2) and Compensation (4.3). [linkedin.com]
- **Culture of Beauty**: The company believes in "functional beauty" in all they build, from design to code, fostering a culture of quality and delight.

## Sources
1. [Solace Careers Page](https://www.solace.health/careers)
2. [Solace Website](https://www.solace.health/)
3. [Solace LinkedIn Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/find-solace)
4. [CBInsights - Solace Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/solace-2)
5. [BusinessWire - American Legion Partnership](https://www.businesswire.com) (Source for business wire data)

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