Senior Data Scientist, Aetion

• A BSc/MSc/PhD degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or electrical engineering
• 3+ years of work experience (3 years for candidates with a PhD, 4 years for candidates with an MSc, 5 years for candidates with a BSc)
• Demonstrated ability to conduct statistical and machine learning research (in the form of a thesis, publications, or side projects) and independently solve problems
• Expert in Python or R programming for data science (data cleaning/pre-processing, classification and regression, model evaluation, data visualization, writing and applying custom functions, parallelization)
• Experience with deep learning tools like PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and oral)

Desirable

• The Data Science team works to research and develop new statistical and machine learning methods to empower the responsible re-use of healthcare data and then put them into practice via our software and consulting services to clients.
• Our team works on methods for the generation and assessment of synthetic data as well as risk based de-identification at scale. If you enjoy a highly interdisciplinary, innovative and supportive environment, this may be the right job for you
• Lead the development of new technologies for data synthesis using a wide variety of machine learning methods; investigate various research topics in machine learning and statistics to determine the best method for data synthesis
• Implement and test production and research pipelines in Python and R
• Act as the scientific lead on client projects to de-identify or synthesize complex datasets and assess their utility and privacy
• Lead client education on data synthesis technologies
• Contribute to the dissemination of research results in the form of peer-reviewed papers, reports, and presentations