Remote Lead Data Scientist

Summary

Join MCG's mission-driven team of talented physicians and technical experts developing evidence-based content and innovating products to accelerate improvements in healthcare.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in Data Science or Machine Learning Engineering
• Expert level Python: able to write reliable, extensible code
• Demonstrated experience translating high level requirements into models in production
• Deep experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Knowledge of deep learning fundamentals and experience finetuning various foundation/backbone models for new tasks
• Experience using pretrained LLM’s for zero or few-shot learning tasks
• Experience generating visualizations for evaluation of complex systems
• Scientific mindset and ability to run experiments to guide model selection and hyperparameter search

Responsibilities

• Translate desired product functionality into machine learning tasks for data scientist and machine learning engineers to solve
• Lead and establish best practices for various research activities including data collection/annotation, literature research, experimentation, and evaluation
• Provide technical and project leadership for other Data Scientists
• Create and test novel LLM based systems
• Stay informed on new methodologies for evaluating generative models and other complex deep learning techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Good written communication skills
• Experience with cloud-based machine learning training providers (Sagemaker, AzureML or similar)
• Experience putting LLM based services into production
• Experience working with clinical data

Benefits

• ���� Remote work
• ���� Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• ���� 401K retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings account
• ����️ 15 days of paid time off + additional front-loaded personal days
• ����️ 14 company-recognized holidays + paid volunteer days
• ���� 8 weeks of paid parental leave + 10 weeks of paid bonding leave
• ���� LGBTQ+ Health Services
• ���� Pet insurance