NIH-NCBI

Junior Data Scientist

USA new gradAI/ML/DataPosted 20 days ago

Location: Bethesda, MD
Type: USA new grad

About this role

From NIH-NCBI’s careers page.

Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Junior Data Scientist. This position supports research data analysis, dissemination, and scientific programming activities related to critical illness, infectious diseases, and related conditions of high national priority..

Job Description

The Data Engineer will design, implement, maintain, and optimize data pipelines, APIs, data transformation workflows, and supporting infrastructure. This position will work with databases, data lakes, data warehouses, feature stores, and other data platforms to ensure information can be efficiently ingested, transformed, accessed, and used by analytical and AI-enabled systems.

The Data Engineer will also develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes, feature engineering workflows, and service layers that expose data or model endpoints to downstream systems and applications.

Required Skills

Expertise in R or Python for statistical analysis and data manipulation
Experience using NLP techniques including named entity recognition, text classification, or information extraction to process data
Experience with LLM prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and LLM fine-tuning to extract structured information from unstructured data
Working knowledge of standard machine learning methods relevant to health data
Ability to critically evaluate AI/ML methods for appropriateness, bias, and validity in a clinical research context
Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical findings for clinical/non-technical collaborators
Ability to work collaboratively with physician and clinical subject matter experts
Detail-oriented, with strong data quality assurance habits
Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management abilities
Working knowledge of MS Office Suite
Working knowledge of SQL and relational database management systems (DBMS)

Preferred Skills

Experience with common NLP/ML libraries
Familiarity with clinical NLP tools or frameworks
Experience with vector databases or embedding-based retrieval for text/document search
Data visualization experience
Version control and documentation experience
Familiarity with administrative claims and/or EHR data
Prior experience in an academic, clinical, or biomedical research setting
Understanding of data privacy and regulatory requirements relevant to health data

Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!

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