Data Scientist

Posted on by Micaela Brun
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Job date: 2017-06-09
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Company : Wittaff 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Team uses python and R.

At least strong in one.

Preferences is Python.

2. Strong analytical skills. Think through the problem and creating solutions.

3. Some programming languages – like java, c++

4. US PERSON ONLY (Citizen & Greencard holders)

Desired:

1. Life sciences / healthcare domain experience. Biology, biochemistry – not a must have but does help.

2. Master's is ok - doesn't need to be a PHD

4. Having exposure to big data – valuable

Essential Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

  • Provide guidance to data collection teams on test protocols including design of experiments, sample size, and statistical distributions.
  • Design and implement data aggregation, data cleaning and data transformation.
  • Design and implement exploratory data analysis.
  • Design and implement machine learning algorithms, probabilistic algorithms, statistical algorithms etc.
  • Hyper parameter optimization·
  • Demonstrate algorithms meet accuracy requirements on general subject population through statistical analyses and error estimation·
  • Write technical reports summarizing development, analysis, training and validation of the algorithms·
  • Provide design input specifications, requirements, and guidance to software engineers for algorithm implementation for product development·
  • Collaborate with team members and external experts·
  • Provide presentations to the management and cross-functional teams·
  • Stay up-to-date in the field of machine learning.
  • Apply new technologies in development of products

Qualifications/Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics or equivalent field with a minimum of 2 years applicable professional experience;

OR MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics or equivalent field with a minimum of 5 years applicable professional experience;

OR a BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics or equivalent field with a great proven track record with a minimum of 8 years applicable professional experience

Desired Characteristics:

  • Technical Expertise:
    • Have completed graduate-level coursework in statistics
  • Experimental design experience
    • Technical proficiency in languages such as Python, R, C++, Java, etc.·
    • Experience with medical imaging analysis leveraging deep learning methodologies using GPUs· Hands-on advanced proficiency in handling and analyzing large data sets such as medical imaging data.
    • Extensive experience with neural network libraries such as Caffe, Keras, Tensorflow, Torch etc.
    • Expertise in broader machine learning techniques
    • Excellent written communication, verbal communication and presentation skills are required.· Experience with big data technologies and HPC such as the Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Hbase etc.
    • Experienced with the information technology aspects of data collection, organization, and integration
    • Deep knowledge in optimal computational environment required for data processing, data mining and machine learning·
    • Software applications development experience

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    Additional Info:
    Job Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

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