Remote Senior/Principal Data Scientist Job in UK Veeva Systems

Who you are

• 4+ years of data science experience (or 2+ years with a Ph.D.)
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, Computational Linguistics, or a related field
• Strong foundation in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Experience with Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) methods like Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) for training LLMs based on human preferences
• Hands-on experience with large language models and transformers (e.g., GPT, BERT)
• Proficient in Python and NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, SpaCy, Hugging Face)
• Familiarity with Big Data frameworks (e.g., Ray, Spark) and Deep Learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for cross-functional teamwork

Desirables

• AWS experience
• Experience in the life/health sciences industry, especially pharma
• Published work in the AI field
• Production-level development skills
• Leadership abilities with a strong network for team growth and hiring
• Familiarity with model registry tools (e.g., MLflow)
• Knowledge of distributed computing platforms (e.g., Ray, Spark)

What the job involves

• Develop LLM-based agents specialized in extracting detailed information about Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in healthcare
• Build an end-to-end pipeline for analyzing unstructured websites and medical documents, enabling semantic searches for KOL data across various languages
• Create models for information extraction using cloud infrastructure and collaborate with software developers for deployment
• Train ML models with input from 2000+ curators to ensure quality and scalability across different regions, languages, and specialties