[Hiring] Senior Data Scientist @Cedars-Sinai

Role Description

Join us as we translate today's discoveries into tomorrow's medicine! Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?

The Research Senior Data Scientist participates in biomedical research projects using programming, data mining, statistics, machine learning, and visualization techniques to invent new algorithms, methods, and software for data analysis. Responsibilities include:

• Querying databases, data cleaning and quality control
• Supervised and unsupervised machine learning
• Parametric and nonparametric statistical methods
• Deploying production models
• Leading the communication of scientific findings via peer-reviewed publications and scientific conferences
• Writing clean, performant, reusable code managed on GitHub
• Training and deploying models to multiple environments
• Serving as a resource for 1-2 staff to assist with the development, evaluation, and/or application of algorithms, methods, and software for data analysis

The Research Senior Data Scientist will play a key role in establishing and advancing an AI-driven computational research platform within the Ajami Lab. Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches
• Integrating and interpreting complex, high-dimensional biological datasets
• Developing AI-based analytical frameworks, predictive models, and computational tools
• Uncovering disease-associated cellular states and identifying molecular pathways and therapeutic targets
• Generating testable biological hypotheses across ALS, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease research programs
• Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CITE-seq, spatial proteomics, and other multimodal datasets
• Developing scalable and reproducible AI/ML pipelines
• Collaborating with other scientists on scientific publications, grant applications, and new research initiatives

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Invents, develops, evaluates, and applies computational and statistical methods including AI and machine learning algorithms for biomedical data analysis
• Creates database-to-deployment pipelines for models using necessary programming languages (primarily R, Python, SQL, neo4j)
• Creates sustainable data science infrastructure and adheres to data analysis standard methodologies
• Leads the presentation and communication of scientific results through laboratory meetings, scientific conferences, and peer-reviewed publications
• Performs data cleaning, quality control, and analytical methods
• Performs exploratory data analysis to gauge the need for or appropriateness of advanced analytical methods
• Leads discussions with senior research and/or lead research data scientists and principal investigators to identify areas where data science can best be applied
• Tests and validates code to ensure adaptability of data applications with version control through GitHub
• Provides feedback to the lead for appraisals relating to research projects and work performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or related field, required
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in data science, healthcare, or pharmaceutical industries or universities working with biomedical, clinical, or biological data
• Experience programming at an intermediate or advanced skill level with a high-level programming language such as R or Python
• Experience programming at an intermediate proficiency level in SQL
• Experience with the development and evaluation of computational and/or statistical methods including machine learning for data analysis
• Work experience should include being an author or co-author on one or more peer-reviewed scientific papers published in journals

Company Description

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine, and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching, and community service. Today, Cedars-Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses, and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in Los Angeles that need our care the most.