Junior Data Scientist

The role

This person will support research data analysis, dissemination, and scientific programming activities related to critical illness, infectious diseases, and related conditions. The role involves designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing data pipelines, APIs, and data transformation workflows.

What you will do

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize data pipelines, APIs, data transformation workflows, and supporting infrastructure
• Work with databases, data lakes, data warehouses, feature stores, and other data platforms
• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes, feature engineering workflows, and service layers
• Expose data or model endpoints to downstream systems and applications

Required qualifications

• 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
• 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)

Nice to have

• 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
• 5 years of strong healthcare data background

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401k plan with employer contribution
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Tuition reimbursement

About the company

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization.