Senior Data Scientist

Client Overview:

Our client is a small biotech company focused on neurodegeneration. They are currently looking to add a Senior Data Scientist to their team. 

Salary/Hourly Rate: 

$150k - $180k

Position Overview: 

Our client is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to own and build the company’s scientific data platform and analytics infrastructure. The Senior Data Scientist will transform experimental data into reliable, decision-ready insights while partnering closely with scientists, engineers, and leadership.

Responsibilities of the Senior Data Scientist:

• Own AWS-based scientific data infrastructure, including data ingestion, organization, quality control, metadata, and access.
• Develop internal AI/LLM tools, analytical workflows, and research knowledge systems.
• Build and maintain ML/computer-vision pipelines for microscopy and histology image analysis.
• Establish automated data-quality, validation, and error-checking processes.
• Analyze behavioral, imaging, histology, and omics datasets using statistical methods.
• Build reproducible, production-quality analytical pipelines.
• Partner with the Engineering and Scientific teams to connect computational predictions with experimental results.
• The Senior Data Scientist will have significant ownership and autonomy across the data function.

Required Experience/Skills for the Senior Data Scientist:

• 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong Python and applied statistics skills.
• Experience building analytical/data pipelines and reproducible workflows.
• Experience with version control, testing, documentation, and quality controls.
• Experience building LLM-based tools, assistants, or automations.
• AWS/cloud data engineering experience, including S3.
• Experience with ML/computer vision and image segmentation.
• Strong ability to work with experimental/scientific datasets.

Education Requirements:

• Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline is preferred.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision.
• HSA.
• 401(K) with 3% company contribution.
• Generous PTO.
• 12 weeks of parental leave.
• Professional development stipend.
• Complimentary office food and beverages.

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