Senior Data Scientist

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 3 weeks ago


Portishead, United Kingdom Lifelancer Full time

You will be responsiblefor:

Independently manage and leadmachine learning research projects and write outcomes in ascientific publication for submission to journals or machinelearning conferences (ICLR ICML CVPRetc).

Collaborate with team members proposedevelop and evaluate new machine learning models that enableunderstanding singlecell data and its application in drugdiscovery.

Work with Ph.D. students and postdocsin collaborating teams on developing solutions forinterdisciplinary scientific problems in biology providingsupervision and training to junior members of theteam.

Contribute to writing scientific papers onbiotechnology and biology.

Distill your developedsolutions into opensource and easytoinstall packages withdocumentation that facilitates the usage of your solution fordownstream users including biologists andbioinformaticians.

Present your research andanalysis pipelines to internal and externalaudiences.

AboutYou:

You will be supported in yourpersonal and professional development and have the opportunity tolead peerreviewed publications around using genetics and genomicsapproaches to guide drug discovery and present them at national andinternational conferences.

To be successful inthe Data Scientist role you will have the following technicalskills:

EssentialSkills

  • To besuccessful in the Senior Data Scientist role you will have thefollowing:
  • Ph.D. or MS.c with equivalentresearch experience in a relevant quantitative discipline (e.g.Computer Science Computational Biology Genetics BioinformaticsPhysics Engineering or Applied Statistics/Mathematics)
  • Proven experience using advanced statistical techniquesmachine learning and modern deep learning techniques.
  • Previous ML work experience in scientific/academicenvironment (RA/Internships are considered as workexperience)
  • Strong knowledge of Pythonincluding core data science libraries such as ScikitLearn SciPyTensorFlow and PyTorch.
  • Knowledge of softwaredevelopment good practices and collaboration tools includinggitbased version control python package management and codereviews.
  • Excellent communication skills withthe ability to explain complex machine learning algorithms andstatistical methods to nontechnical stakeholders.
  • Evidence of related work experience as a researcher inthe area of Machine learning
  • Strongpublication record first author positionideal

In addition tothe above technical skills you will also have thefollowing:

  • Ability toquickly understand scientific technical and process challenges andbreakdown complex problems into actionable steps
  • Ability to work in a frequently changing environment withthe capability to interpret management information to amendplans
  • Ability to prioritize manage workloadand deliver agreed activities consistently on time
  • Demonstrate good networking influencing and relationshipbuilding skills
  • Strategic thinking is theability to see the bigger picture
  • Ability tobuild collaborative working relationships with internal andexternal stakeholders at all levels
  • Demonstrates inclusivity and respect forall

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