Merck · 1 day ago
Senior Data Scientist – Computer Vision & Biomedical Imaging
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$142K/yr - $223K/yr
4+ years expMerck is a leading company in the pharmaceutical industry focused on inventing new medicines that save and improve lives. They are seeking a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Computer Vision and Biomedical Imaging to develop and implement advanced AI/ML methodologies for identifying disease biology from large-scale biological data.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Design and develop, train, and implement novel ML algorithms particularly transformer-based Foundation Models for Target discovery leveraging large scale biological and imaging data
Rapidly prototype and iterate on model architectures using real-world data
Integrate multi-modal data (e.g., histology, spatial omics) into scalable learning frameworks
Collaborate with biologists and data scientists to define modeling goals and interpret results
Contribute to our long-term AI/ML strategy for drug discovery
Publish research findings in relevant conferences and journals and actively contribute to the scientific community through knowledge sharing and collaborations
Qualification
Required
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Pharmaceutical Science, or related STEM field with 0+ years postdoctoral experience or Master's degree with 4+ years of industry experience
Strong background in deep learning, digital pathology, computer vision, and/or medical image analysis
Experience with large-scale model development and training (e.g., CNNs, transformers, contrastive/self-supervised learning)
Strong expertise and experience in modern AI/ML approaches, transformer-based Foundation models, representation learning, and related methodologies
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, and experience with deep learning frameworks and libraries like PyTorch, etc
Interest in life sciences problems and disease biology, and willing to learn from and teach others
Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary team
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computer Vision
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
Data Analysis
Data Science
Deep Learning
Digital Pathology
Foundation Model Fine Tuning
Foundation Models
Image Analysis
Image Processing
Life Science
Machine Learning (ML)
Medical Imaging
Model Development
Transformer Model
Preferred
Familiarity with life science data is a plus
Relevant publications in scientific journals and experience contributing to research communities, including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc
Exposure to spatial transcriptomics or multi-modal biomedical data
Drug Discovery Process
Drug Discovery Research
Genomics
Multimodality Imaging
Transcriptomics
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital AdvisorsGavi, the Vaccine Alliance
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
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