Sr. Data Scientist
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) · Los Angeles, CA · 1 mo ago
ScienceFull-time
About the role
This is a fully remote position; however, candidates must reside in California. The Senior Data Scientist directs and carries out data-intensive research and development (R&D). The Senior Data Scientist is required to solve meaningful clinical problems and develop new decision-support tools by applying techniques and models from machine learning and computational statistics to large clinical datasets. This is a grant‑funded position, in whole or part. Terms and conditions of employment are contingent upon the availability of grant funding, which may be subject to change without notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field and at least five (5) years of experience conducting data science research; OR
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in a STEM-related field and at least three (3) years of experience conducting data science research.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related STEM field required.
- Preferred: Master's degree or Ph.D. in a related field.
- Preferred: Graduate-level coursework and/or research experience in machine learning, data mining, data visualization, statistics, artificial intelligence, probabilistic modeling, optimization, or related disciplines.
Skills
- Demonstrated record of scholarly publications (preferred)
- Previous experience with open-source software projects
- Familiarity with clinical domain
- Familiarity with information visualization concepts and tools
- Fluency in Python and Pandas
- Fluency in machine learning libraries (e.g., Keras, Theano, Sci-kit Learn)
- Familiarity with modern relational databases (e.g., MySQL, SQL Server)
- Familiarity with big data technologies (Hadoop, NoSQL databases, etc.)
- Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, git)
- Passion for data science and keeping up to date on latest methods
Schedule
Full-Time, Exempt. Standard Monday-Friday business hours.