Staff Data Scientist, IDEXX
Opportunity for annual equity award + annual cash bonus
Veterinary diagnostics and cloud veterinary software
Open for applications
Veterinary diagnostics and cloud veterinary software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Opportunity for annual equity award + annual cash bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enhance the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock.
Role
Who you are
- You have 10+ years of experience in machine learning, with some experience with healthcare or similar complex data types
- You have a master’s or a PhD with additional relevant experience
- You have experience creating and productionalizing NLU, NLP, and LLM solutions by fine-tuning open-source models
- You have advanced programming skills in Python, PySpark, and database languages like SQL
- You have experience with libraries and frameworks commonly used in NLP, such as NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
- You are proficient in the entire ML development lifecycle, including AI and ML frameworks and LLM optimization, and have experience with MLOps lifecycle management
- You are familiar with Databricks, GPU clusters in cloud environments (including AWS and Azure), and distributed training frameworks for large-scale models
- You have experience with end-to-end feature development (owning feature definition, roadmap development, and experimentation)
- You have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills and can convey rigorous mathematical concepts and considerations to non-experts
- You have a record of authored research publications and industry or community contributions like whitepapers, workshops, etc
- You can collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including veterinarians, software engineers, and internal stakeholders
What the job involves
- As a Staff Data Scientist, you will drive the next generation of innovative IDEXX products for our customers and internal solutions for our employees
- You’ll work with various research data, healthcare data types for clinical settings, and diverse business domain and functional data
- In this role, you will have an opportunity to incorporate AI into veterinary diagnostics, clinical software, lab and medical consulting services, instruments, and internal operations
- IDEXX Data and AI Centre Of Excellence (COE) develops and delivers data and AI assets and solutions to enhance IDEXX products, services, internal operations, and business practices
- You will assess existing AI models and systems to support and modernize them with current frameworks and advanced data integration
- You will leverage your expertise in NLP model architectures and contribute to designing new model architectures, including GenAI
- You will create AI solutions for veterinary diagnostics product portfolios, focusing on efficiency and accuracy in extracting clinical information and optimizing clinical diagnostic workflows
- You will develop algorithms and models to enhance, classify, and organize text data for data products and AI-based features in software and from instruments
- You will address complex challenges with sophisticated NLP, data-centric AI, and AI-based workflows, included in AI-enhanced data models, chatbots, or multi-agent systems supporting intricate processes
- You will understand workflow challenges and develop AI tools to streamline processes and enhance efficiency
- Work closely with product owners and subject matter experts from veterinarian health domains
- You will contribute to guiding technical implementation for AI infrastructure
- You will tailor solutions to support the development of complex products, improve operational efficiency, and optimize algorithm architecture
- You will help maintain an existing AI/ML model portfolio while expanding the portfolio by defining requirements, creating solution designs, and implementing code
- You will support solutions throughout the deployment and on-market lifecycle, focusing specifically on fine-tuning and optimizing LLMs-based solutions (e.g., RAG, routing, performance)
- You will work with product and business stakeholders to prioritize needs and ensure successful implementation and adoption
- You will research and contribute to guiding technical implementation for AI infrastructure tailored to supporting the development of complex products, impacting development efficiency, compute, and solution design
Our take
IDEXX was founded in 1983 to run diagnostics for Veterinary Practices of all sizes. Some of its software products include Cornerstone, Ezyvet, Neo, VetConnect PLUS, and more. It also provides solutions for livestock, poultry and water testing.
The global veterinary practice management software market, characterized by increasing awareness of animal health across the globe, is expected to reach over USD 1.59 billion by 2030.
IDEXX continues to develop innovative products such as its most recent Vello, a pet owner engagement software. This engagement platform tackles the age-old problem of communication clarity between veterinary professionals and customers. IDEXX's broad product range and generous funding rounds exemplify its place as a leader in the veterinary software market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company benefits
- Work From Home Opportunities
- Contribution To Pension plan
- Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Annual Leave
- Virgin pulse
- Maternity and Paid Parental Leave
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Pet Insurance Plan
Company values
- Achieve and sustain market leadership
- Exceed the expectations of customers
- Empower and reward our employees
- Innovate with intelligence
- Cultivate entrepreneurial spirit
- Contribute to our communities
Company HQ
Westbrook, ME
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Leadership
Jay Mazelsky
(CEO (Not Founder))Currently Board Member at Dentsply Sirona. Previously Senior Vice President at Philips Healthcare and worked at Hewlett Packard between 1988 and 2001.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IDEXX
- IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
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