Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist

Position Summary:

Vesalius Therapeutics is looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist for our data science team to advance the utilization of machine learning and causal inference as a core member of a team of data scientists and engineers to better understand disease for the development of new medicines.  You will develop solutions for challenging medical and biological problems utilizing data from electronic medical records, medical claims, imaging, clinical notes, clinical trials and internally generated data.  Success in the role requires being highly collaborative working with interdisciplinary scientists across genetics, computational biology, biology, translation and chemistry in a fast-paced start-up environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Solve core problems in identification and definition of disease
• Development and adoption of advanced machine learning and causal inference frameworks and methods
• Keeping self & company emersed in newest developments in field and implementing where appropriate
• Collaborate with statistical genetics and computational biology groups to get to testable therapeutic hypotheses
• Collaborate with pre-clinical and clinical teams to inform development programs

What You’ll Bring:

• PhD in computer science, statistics, physics, computational biology or related fields
• Deep knowledge and experience of development in at least 2 of the following areas:
  • Probabilistic graphical models
  • Deep learning (CNN, RNN, GAN, VAE)
  • Transfer learning
  • Causal inference
• Extensive development experience with ML frameworks (i.e. Pandas, Scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Spark, etc.)
• Strong coding skills (R/Python/SQL) and experience with collaborative software development (i.e. Git)
• Experienced and comfortable with cloud computing environment (AWS)
• Experience analyzing health care data including medical/pharmacy claims, EHR, registries, etc.
• Knowledge of clinical data standards and ontologies including ICD, SNOMED, UMLS, etc.
• Knowledge of text analytics and natural language processing
• Passionate about leveraging data to drive scientific innovation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Experience collaborating with computational biologists and statistical geneticists

What We’ll Offer You:

• Comprehensive, competitive healthcare (PPO) and dental coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, vision coverage through VSP, family leave, three weeks’ paid time off with additional holidays, 401k retirement plan, disability and life insurance, and commuter benefits
• A dynamic early-stage work environment and highly interdisciplinary, talented, and collaborative team
• Participation in projects that could redefine treatment of common illnesses
• Professional growth opportunities through mentoring, training, immersion in cross-functional projects, and opportunities to learn and try new things
• Daily on-site snacks, all the coffee you need, as well as weekly catered lunches

Who We Are:

Vesalius is revolutionizing the way common illnesses are understood and treated. Vesalius's DIAMOND™ technology platform allows the company to see through disease complexity to more fully understand the drivers of common illnesses, enabling a far more effective and efficient approach to drug development. Vesalius's platform begins and ends with patients. It elegantly combines human data, genetics and genomics information, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and proprietary experimental models to redefine how we think about and treat common illnesses. Vesalius was founded in 2019 in Flagship Labs, Flagship Pioneering's innovation foundry. For more information visit vesaliustx.com, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.