Growth Engineering Intern at SiPhox Health (S20)
$20 - $35  •  
Wearable and At-Home protein monitoring with silicon photonic chips
Burlington, MA, US
Internship
About SiPhox Health

Wearable and At-Home protein monitoring with silicon photonic chips

About the role
Skills: Python, React, Data Modeling, Data Analytics

About the Company

SiPhox Health is a hardware-first health-tech company.

Backed by Y Combinator, Intel, and Khosla Ventures we've spent 4 years building a hardware platform for at-home consumer blood diagnostics. In parallel, we launched (October 2022) a B2C + B2B2C platform that fuses mail-in blood biomarker testing with wearables data for personalized health insights.

We are the only D2C diagnostics or DaaS (Diagnostics as a Service) company that builds blood testing hardware.

Company Mission

SiPhox Health is focused on increasing human healthspan by:

  • Deploying a consumer blood testing platform that delivers lab-quality results in the home
  • Building an ecosystem around this platform to enable data-driven healthcare
  • Democratizing access through chip-scale integration/Moore’s law (cost ⬇️ scalability ⬆️ performance ⬆️)

What we are looking for

SiPhox is seeking a highly motivated Growth Engineering Intern with an analytical and entrepreneurial spirit, eager to contribute to the development of our growth functions. Based in our Burlington, MA office, this intern will play a crucial role in understanding and enhancing the company's growth strategies by applying engineering principles to business challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with our head of growth and engineering team to analyze growth data, identify opportunities, and implement solutions to drive user acquisition, engagement, and retention
  • Participate in the development and refinement of growth models and data-driven strategies
  • Assist in the translation of growth objectives into functional requirements, supporting the end-to-end implementation of growth projects
  • Engage with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, and external contractors, to deliver on growth initiatives
  • Maintain awareness of the latest industry trends and technologies that can impact growth strategies, and suggest innovative approaches to growth challenges

Basic Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Cognitive Brain Sciences, Human Factors Engineering, or a related field
  • Demonstrated understanding of data science principles and proficiency in Python
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate and publish findings and recommendations both internally and externally
  • Strong entrepreneurial mindset, with a keen interest in business development and growth strategies

Preferred Qualifications

  • Real world data science and statistics experience
  • Experience with or interest in learning React
  • Exposure to UI/UX development principles and a willingness to learn more about implementing user-friendly interfaces
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment, contributing to collaborative projects and initiatives
  • A passion for innovation and a curiosity about leveraging technology to solve business problems

You are a good fit if

  • "You have the ability to do independent, self-guided work and communicate that work to the team." - JC, Stanford Undergrad
  • "You have the ability to think and troubleshoot systematically/scientifically, self-organization balancing multiple responsibilities. You have the desire to know well/'own' a particular area."- TS, Harvard Undergrad
  • "You have the ability to design and plan thorough experiments, present data clearly and accurately to team members, also the willingness to learn rapidly when presented with new material/expectations."-NP, MIT Undergrad

Benefits

Note: Internships have the potential to be converted to full-time positions. All work is on-site and overtime hours are expected.

Technology

We are developing a new paradigm for consumer health tech wearables by replacing a 100lb optical instrument with an area of silicon smaller than a postage stamp.

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