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Chronic Pain Reversal is a Team Effort

Aivo Health is working on a digital health service for chronic pain. Considering that the amount of people chronic pain affects globally is in the hundreds of millions (if not billions), to be able to pull this off we need to grow a rock-solid team.

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Aivo Health is a digital health company for low back pain management. We empower people with a virtual specialty medical clinic and deliver premium yet affordable care for low back pain safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of opioid medications or surgery. Our innovations in pain neuroscience, behavioral health, data science and digital tools combined with our clinical expertise are shifting the chronic pain treatment paradigm from ad hoc random encounters to continuous precision care.

We are always on the lookout for talented and enthusiastic people to join our globally distributed, multi-disciplinary team.

Open Positions

Data Scientist
Lead Mobile Developer
Medical Doctor
Health Coach
Senior Software Developer - Front End

No suitable open positions? If you feel you would be a good match, feel free to send an open application!

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Data Scientist

Aivo Health is looking for a Data Scientist to join our ambitious team in building the most valuable digital health company on this planet. If creating societal change is on your bucket list, you have found the perfect opportunity to do just that.
Approximately 20% of adults suffer from chronic pain that drastically diminishes quality of life. Aivo Health is building the first truly personalized, science-based, and data-driven pain management solution for chronic back pain. We are a well-funded, high performing
multidisciplinary team comprising design, engineering, and business, with cutting edge science from the Apkarian Lab at Northwestern University.

What we’re looking for:

You are a fiercely creative data scientist who is passionate about understanding human behavior. You will lead the development of dynamical prediction algorithms for clinical health outcomes. You will collaborate closely with a powerhouse research team at Northwestern University, led by neuroimager and chronic pain expert Vania Apkarian. You will explore, iterate, and optimize models based on a rich and expanding proprietary real-world data set. You play an active role in defining the analytical paths we pursue. You will coordinate efforts between technical and data science teams based in Finland and Armenia, respectively. This is a rare
opportunity to build a transformational new model of chronic pain treatment that will change the lives of hundreds of millions worldwide.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Model dynamics of human psychology.
  • Implement hierarchical model generalizing predictability of human psychology from the
    individual to the population.
  • Implement reinforcement learning algorithms to optimize management of human psychology.
  • Deliver AI/ML algorithms from conception to launch: Build end-to-end machine learning
    systems on large scale clinical data.
  • Research methods and architectures, read papers, implement and deploy new
    algorithms.
  • Work with latest AI/ML frameworks.
  • Communicate results and explain models to R&D and commercial teams.

Requirements:

  • Trained in Neuroscience and/or Computer Science & Statistics/Math, e.g. MS or PhD in Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated track record of building and using machine learning models for forward and backward prediction of human behavior.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and monitor performance of novel algorithms, including version control.
  • Diverse data science stack experience, including data engineering, statistics-based feature selection, and feature engineering of real-world data.
  • Extensive experience with exploratory and statistical data analysis of real-world data, with a zest for discovery
  • Independent self-starter who always delivers on time and exceeds expectations
  • Excellent communication skills: comfortable interfacing between academia and industry.

Assets:

  • Extensive expertise in Python or R.
  • Natural curiosity and interest to actively monitor latest domain developments.
  • Previous startup experience.
  • Comfortable navigating client interactions.

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary and health benefits.
  • Professional growth opportunities.
  • Remote flexibility.
  • Open vacation policy
  • Collaboration with achievers and dreamers who make big things happen.
  • Dynamic and supportive team on a mission to cure chronic pain.

We think you would like it here because:

We care about our employees and value proactive communication. We achieve our goals by
keeping promises and supporting each other with empathy, respect, and a dry sense of humor.
Our team is united by a drive to create meaningful change for people who suffer with pain.
 
Aivo Health does not discriminate on the basis of age, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other
legally protected status.
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Lead Mobile Developer

Aivo Health is looking for a Lead Mobile Developer to join our ambitious team in building the most valuable digital health company on this planet. If creating societal change is on your bucket list, you have found the perfect opportunity to do just that.
 
Approximately 20% of adults suffer from chronic pain that drastically diminishes quality of life. Aivo Health is building the first truly personalized, science-based, and data-driven pain management solution for chronic back pain. We are a well-funded, high performing multidisciplinary team comprising design, engineering, and business, with cutting edge science from the Apkarian Lab at Northwestern University.

What we’re looking for:

We’re currently looking for a person responsible for developing the next version of our pain management app on React Native. You would be working together with our design lead to create and fine tune the mobile UX with attention to details, transitions and micro-interactions.

In addition to solid development skills, this role requires specialization in mobile front-end development.

Required experience from previous projects:

  • Expertise in React Native and JavaScript.
  • Building a React Native consumer application for iOS.
  • Building responsive and scalable solutions for mobile.
  • At least 5 years of front-end development, of which at least 3 years in a senior position and 3 years of mobile development experience.

Non-technicalRequirements:

  • Ability to work and communicate fully in English.
  • Open communicator, ability to express ideas to others in an understandable way.
  • Proactiveness.
  • Attention to detail, while working on the big picture.
  • Eye for top-notch mobile design.
  • Self-driven, hard working team player.
  • Ability to think from the client’s and the end-user’s perspective.

We consider the following expertise a plus:

  • User experience design.
  • Usability testing.
  • Design systems.
  • Native development on iOS and/or Android.
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What we offer:

  • Competitive salary and health benefits.
  • Stock options.
  • Professional growth opportunities.
  • Remote flexibility.
  • Open vacation policy
  • Collaboration with achievers and dreamers who make big things happen.

We think you would like it here because:

We care about our employees and value proactive communication. We achieve our goals by
keeping promises and supporting each other with empathy, respect, and a dry sense of humor.
Our team is united by a drive to create meaningful change for people who suffer with pain.
 
Aivo Health does not discriminate on the basis of age, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other
legally protected status.
Apply

Medical Doctor for Telehealth Clinic, Illinois

Aivo Health, Inc. is a digital health company helping people to manage with chronic primary pain. We empower people with a virtual pain clinic accessed over a mobile app. We deliver care safely and sustainably applying innovations in pain neuroscience, behavioral health, data science and digital tools. Combined with your clinical expertise we change the paradigm for the treatment of chronic pain from the treatment of symptoms to continuous precision care addressing the root cause of primary chronic pain – the maladapted circuits in the brain. 

The Aivo Program™ is a unique multimodal program for people with low back pain. The program consists of a virtual clinic with a pain physician, a personal health coach and the support of a moderated peer group. The program also includes educational mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy consumed as short animations, audio recordings and other educational content delivered over a mobile app. The mobile application provides a continuous feedback loop enabling personalized precision care and a means to capture real life data for clinical research. The target population for the program are adults with chronic primary pain originating in the lower back area, who do not display severe comorbidities e.g. diabetes, heart disease, severe depression or severe anxiety and who can manage without opioid medication.

What we’re looking for:

Aivo Health is now launching the service in Illinois.  An important component of the program is to rule out other disease mechanisms ending up with chronic primary pain and the management of pain medication by the MD. All services are delivered as a telehealth package. The MD may establish a patient-provider relationship, may consult the primary care provider, make diagnosis, prescribe medication, and may direct Aivo Health’s health coach concerning user-specific coaching. The MD’s practise is responsible for clinical liabilities, reporting and compliance. 

Aivo Health provides marketing of the program, prescreens prospective patients, collects personal health information for scientific clinical research, provides non-clinical customer support for the whole program. Aivo Health bills for all services rendered.

Qualifications:

  • Medical Doctor licensed for clinical practise by the Illinois Medical Licensing Board 
  • Desirable to be board-certified e.g. in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Occupational Medicine or Psychiatry
  • Minimum of 3 years professional experience
  • Can start with us immediately with a few hours per week
  • Have existing private practise or willing to establish one 
  • Demonstrated track record in helping patients and willingness to go the extra mile to satisfy patient requirements
  • Passionate, empathetic and caring towards patients
  • Committed to providing high quality care with sound and safe clinical judgement
  • Ability to listen and understand a patients individual needs and react appropriately and in a consultative, patient focussed way
  • Excellent communicator – written and verbal
  • Proficient with video conferencing and web based collaboration tools, e.g. Zoom, Google Hangouts etc. willingness to adapt to new processes, technology and software tools
  • Keen eye for detail, punctual, organised and empathetic
  • Fluent English, additional languages e.g. Spanish desirable
  • Previous remote (telephone and video) consultation experience desirable

What we offer

  • Flexible working hours 
  • Flexible load
  • Telehealth platform to monitor customer’s pain, meds intake and behavior
  • State of the art science to revolutionize the treatment of chronic primary pain
  • Access to real life data for scientific clinical research, in cooperation with
    Northwestern University professor of Physiology Vania Appkarian 
  • Dynamic and supportive team on a mission to cure chronic pain

Contacts:

Ville Syrjänen  Chief Operating Officer, Aivo Health, Inc. +358 408073904 ville@aivohealth.com
Mika Marjalaakso,  Founder & CEO, Aivo Health, Inc. +358 40 7250476  mika@aivohealth.com
Melissa Farmer, Head of Program, Aivo Health, Inc. +1 312 919 2325 melissa@aivohealth.com

Senior Software Developer - Front End

Your Responsibilities

In addition to solid full-stack development skills, this role requires specialization in front-end development. Developing front-end means responsive user interfaces mainly for mobile devices, but wider experiences is appreciated. 

Your Skills

  • Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Strong understanding of building responsive and scalable solutions for mobile.
  • Back-end and database development.
  • Understanding the different aspects of user experience design and interacting with a UX-designer.
  • Design to code solutions.
  • One or more of the latest front-end JavaScript frameworks / platforms: React, React Native, Angular.io, Ionic, etc.
  • Agile methodologies (one or more of Scrum, Kanban, Lean).
  • Ability to work and communicate fully in English.
  • Not being able to sleep if the mobile app is not “pixel perfect”.
  • Open communicator, ability to express ideas to others in an understandable way.
  • Proactive approach to work.
  • Attention to detail, while working on the big picture.
  • Self-driven, hard working team player.
  • Ability to think from the client’s and the end-user’s perspective.
  • A keen interest in emerging technologies and development practices.

Your Experience

  • At least 5 years of development with web and/or mobile technologies, of which at least 3 years in a senior position.
  • Co-operating with (university) research teams.
  • Building machine learning, lead by research.
  • Development around brain imaging.

Assets

We consider the following features assets:

  • Past experience in technical and medical startup(s).
  • Entrepreneurial attitude to work.

  • Expertise in:

    • Kubernetes
    • DevOps
    • User experience design
    • Usability testing
    • Quality assurance
    • Big data and data mining
    • Building or developing a patient health record system and/or a medical device
    • Native development on iOS and/or Android
    • Software and platform security, including OAuth and JWT
    • JSON Schema
    • Node.js, and modules like Express / Fastify / Restify, Mongoose, Keystone.js, Passport.js, Socket.io, etc.
    • Database experience (efficient data models, fast queries and indexes, and general optimisation and scalability, preferably both SQL and no-SQL databases)
    • Software architecture design
    • WebRTC, HTTP Live Streaming
    • Large scale web based services
    • HIPAA
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Health Coach

Do you want to empower people to overcome chronic pain? We offer a comprehensive digital health tool to manage chronic pain and its consequences on daily living. Our digital health program for chronic pain combines mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and individualized psychoeducation with daily therapist interactions and monitoring (weekdays). We provide competitive compensation and a monthly wellness stipend to support your health, as you support the health of others.

Your Responsibilities

  • Provide our patients with personalized health coaching and support to help them
  • achieve their pain relief goals.
  • Monitor patient progress through our Virtual Clinic using an interactive online
  • dashboard.
  • Promote daily patient engagement and progress through direct chat through online
  • peer group interactions.
  • Collaborate with a passionate group of founders, pain researchers, health care
  • providers, and clinical psychologists with expertise in pain care.
  • Maintain records in accordance with legal and ethical standards.

Your Skills

  • Passionate about empowering people to overcome chronic pain.
  • Comfortable providing care to people from diverse backgrounds.
  • Emotionally resilient and maintain strong interpersonal boundaries.
  • Understand the importance of therapeutic alliance.
  • Comfortable using technology to personalize patient interactions.
  • Experienced with telehealth and/or remote working tools.
  • A strong communicator with excellent time-management and organizational skills.
  • Committed to working 30-40h/week (long-term employment possible).

Your Experience

  • Master’s degree and Illinois licensure (LPC, LCPC) in counseling, marriage and family
  • therapy, or other relevant specialty;

OR

  • Doctoral degree and Illinois licensure in clinical or counseling psychology (PhD or PsyD).
  • Formal training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness.
  • Clinical experience (4+ years) working with individuals with chronic pain, chronic
  • illness/disease, depression/anxiety disorders, or other relevant populations.

We consider the following features assets:

  • Past experience in technical and medical startup(s)
  • Entrepreneurial attitude to work
  • Social nature
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Head of UX

Are you looking to put your understanding of what makes for great user experiences to use in a product that will create societal change and improve the lives of millions? Do you have experience with leading cross-disciplinary efforts and an ability to communicate well with both engineers, designers and marketers? Are you obsessed with /focused on  the end-user perspective? Creative mind? If you are checking the boxes so far, we want to talk with you. 

We are looking for an experienced head of UX to lead the end-to-end development of our service together with our VP of Product and CTO. Delivering a high quality solution for chronic pain management requires engaging and flawless UX with a high level of empathy. This is why design is a critical part of our strategy. You will make sure our design and our strategy are aligned, and that a user-centric approach is applied in all decision making. You are an excellent communicator who understands the symbiotic relationships between engineering, design and marketing. With your great communication skills and your creativity you will be strengthening our collaborative environment.  

Your Responsibilities

  • User experience design. Including interaction design and UI. Draw, prototype, verbalize, you know which tools to use to best communicate your ideas to team members.
  • Product Management and Roadmapping. Define Cross-functional service level EPICs. Manage a broad list of features. Prioritize features for agile development cycles.
  • Collaboration. You will work to keep the environment collaborative as we grow making sure we get the most out of our team. 
  • Continuous improvement. You will define metrics for measuring success and follow up on these with appropriate research and user feedback.
  • Lead and inspire others. Be passionate about your job, excite, and engage team members.

Your Skills

  • Ambition. You must be highly ambitious and confident with an ability to defend your design choices as well as receive constructive feedback. 
  • Portfolio. You have an exciting portfolio of previous work. Prior experience with digital health and well-being products is considered a plus.
  • Service mindset & business savvy.  You’re focused and acutely aware of end-user experience, as well as creation of economic value.
  • Creativity. With confidence and an ability for divergent, as well as convergent, thinking you apply creativity to your work everyday.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills. Our team operates on various sites and different time zones, which makes efficient and effective communication critical for our success.
  • Ability to lead the design of large, complex systems of interactions. You understand the effect of interdependencies and interactions on the final product and can lead the big picture.
  • Proven experience collaborating closely with Product Management, including quickly developing a robust understanding of the product and its features.

Assets

  • Prior experience of health or medical field.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and experience working in a startup environment.
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