Company details

HEADCOUNT

1-24

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Healthcare & Life Sciences

WEBSITE

http://www.sava.health/

About the company

Sava is a London-based biotech building wearable biosensing technology aimed at pulling “deep health data” from just below the skin, with an early focus on continuous glucose monitoring. The company states the biosensor is still investigational and not yet approved by regulators such as the UK MHRA or the US FDA. Recent public coverage links Sava to a Series A raise in 2025 tied to clinical progress in glucose monitoring. The company’s hiring skews heavily toward hardware, manufacturing, and data roles consistent with a device team moving from R&D into build and test.

Locations and presence

The company is primarily based in London, with most advertised roles listed as on-site there. The company also advertises at least one remote role (Talent Acquisition Specialist), suggesting a small amount of distributed hiring.

Palpable Score

55.5

/ 100

Sava offers a few credible early-career entry points inside a highly technical device company, including roles that accept 0–3-ish years and a technician path that does not require a university degree. The big gap is publicly verifiable consistency: pay ranges and early-career outcomes are largely absent from public materials, which caps the score.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company lists a Junior Data Scientist role requiring 1–2 years’ experience, which is a clear early-career doorway into a core team.
Sava posts a Manufacturing Technician role with “a university education is not a requirement,” which widens access beyond traditional graduate pipelines.
The company’s open roles list is small and only some roles sit in the 0–3 year band, so early-career access looks real but not frequent.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

12.5

/ 20

The company uses a consistent online application flow across roles (with “Apply” links), which supports baseline fairness versus inbox-only hiring.
Sava’s postings include concrete logistics like location, on-site expectation, and (for manufacturing) working hours and environment, which helps candidates judge fit before applying.
The company does not publish interview stages, timelines, or assessment expectations on the careers pages, so transparency stops at the job description.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company explicitly states Sava will provide training for the Manufacturing Technician role, a practical signal of support for earlier-stage hires.
Sava frames the Junior Data Scientist role as working closely with a data team on product-improving analysis, which usually creates real learning loops when paired with feedback.
The company does not publicly describe onboarding, mentorship, or performance review cadence, so support quality is hard to verify beyond role copy.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

9.5

/ 20

The company does not publish salary ranges on the roles visible from the careers site, which limits pay transparency for early-career candidates.
Sava advertises full-time roles (not only short-term contracts), which is a stability positive for early-career applicants who land an offer.
The company does not explain equity basics or benefits detail for junior hires in the job pages, which keeps this pillar below average.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

8.5

/ 20

The company has too little reliable public evidence on early-career progression such as promotions, title growth, or repeat junior hiring cycles over multiple years.
Sava has public momentum signals (clinical progress and fundraising coverage), but those are not outcome proof for junior development or retention.
The company’s public review footprint appears thin and inconsistent, so it is not possible to use reviews to triangulate early-career experience with confidence.