Staff Data Scientist
$220,000–$280,000 year
HybridSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead cross-functional teams to define algorithm and data requirements, driving the evolution of AI models through rigorous data science methodologies and strategic data curation. Spearhead large-scale annotation campaigns and develop comprehensive data management systems with MLOps partners to support continuous product improvements. Establish frameworks for evaluating model performance across patient populations and design statistical analyses to illuminate algorithm strengths and weaknesses. Partner with Research Scientists and Engineering to bridge advanced research with production-grade ML systems, ensuring data dashboards and monitoring reports align with end-point objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Masters or PhD Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science or related degree
- 7+ years (or 5+ with PhD) of proven track record in Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or Image Analysis in industry
- Experience from working on complex, real-world AI problems in medical imaging or computer vision requiring careful consideration of data needs
- Proficient in Python, including statistical and machine learning packages (e.g. scipy, sklearn, statsmodels, seaborn)
- Commitment to writing clean, reproducible and scalable code
- Familiarity with image and 3D processing tools like VTK and ITK
- Familiarity with visualization tools like 3DSlicer and MITK
- Understanding of standard statistical techniques and ability to apply appropriate statistical methods to a range of data structures
- Experience with medical imaging data
- Experience working with data lakes, SQL/No SQL Databases, AWS Cloud Storage, Tableau dashboards
- Expertise in deep learning and machine learning models in production
- Strong experience working with medical imaging data (CT and vascular imaging)
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Detail orientated but able to describe complex topics in a manner that is digestible to a broad audience
- Ability to distill complex analyses into interpretable and actionable findings
- Committed to the success of the team and successful completion of project - 75% confidence / 100% committed
- Able to build trust and obtain cross-functional alignment across departments
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with image and 3D processing tools like VTK and ITK, and visualization tools like 3DSlicer and MITK, a plus
- Understanding of standard statistical techniques and ability to apply appropriate statistical methods to a range of data structures; experience with medical imaging data a plus
- Strong experience working with medical imaging data (CT and vascular imaging) is highly preferred
- Experience integrating generative AI and agentic tools into daily workflows to act as a force multiplier—accelerating coding, prototyping, and complex data analysis—while demonstrating the critical judgment required to rigorously evaluate AI outputs for accuracy
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