Barcelona, on-site

Causal Foundry is looking for a PhD graduate to join our data science team in Barcelona. You will analyse real-world data, develop and evaluate models, and design analyses that help our partners make better decisions. The role centres on hands-on data science: turning complex questions into rigorous analyses and translating findings into practical improvements.
No professional experience beyond your PhD is required. We welcome candidates moving directly from doctoral research into industry.

The company

Causal Foundry (CF) builds AI products to solve operational challenges across integral health, supply chains, industry and education. Our AI platform, Kenkai, helps digital applications use advanced prediction and personalisation methods to improve decisions and outcomes.
Our work combines statistical modelling, machine learning, causal inference and adaptive interventions, including contextual and restless bandits. We collaborate with partners to understand their challenges, develop appropriate solutions and measure their impact.

What you will do

• Explore,



clean and analyse complex, longitudinal datasets to understand patterns, assess data quality and identify useful insights.
• Translate product, health and operational questions into well-defined analytical, predictive or causal problems.
• Build and validate models for forecasting, risk stratification, personalisation, resource allocation and decision support.
• Design and analyse experiments, and apply causal inference methods to understand what works, for whom and under which conditions.
• Evaluate results carefully, accounting for uncertainty, bias, missing data and the limitations of available evidence.
• Develop reproducible analyses and clearly documented code in Python and SQL.
• Collaborate with ML engineers, data engineers and domain experts to turn analytical findings and models into practical solutions.
• Communicate methods, findings and limitations clearly to technical colleagues

📌 Data Scientist PhD (Barcelona)
🏢 Causal Foundry
📍 Barcelona