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The Position
Always innovating, we bring together dedicated people and diverse perspectives from across our global network, empowering each other to keep breaking new ground.
As a Data Scientist you will join the data science cluster in the Roche Informatics Data and Analytics Chapter (DnA). You will be part of one or several multi-disciplinary agile teams where you’ll actively shape the future of healthcare by using data science methods and principles to generate deeper insights from a great variety of data sources. To achieve this, you will proactively identify needs, design and implement analytical solutions, provide advice and consulting support to our key stakeholders and show impact by executing proof-of-value initiatives, or contributing to existing products.
The Opportunity:
Apply your expertise in NLP/LLM to develop and refine models that address Roche business needs. Involved in building and fine-tuning models and optimizing their performance to provide valuable insights and solutions to business stakeholders
Support prioritization efforts, understand feasibility and business impact, take smart risks to make informed decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment to deliver patient benefits faster.
Collaborate within global agile teams in the Roche Informatics business and foundational domains to develop products that provide the highest value to both Roche Pharma and Diagnostics business stakeholders.
Provide methodical and implementation guidance as well as hands-on support around analytical LLM/NLP use cases. Evaluate the pros & cons of different NLP approaches and Generative AI platforms with comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis
Communicate findings and market the value of use cases to key stakeholders.
Contribute to positioning data science as a key competency within the enterprise
Continuously look for opportunities to broaden knowledge, capabilities and skill set to enable talent to flow into different specialties.
Who you are:
3+ years of relevant experience with a M.Sc. or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent degree and experience with machine learning/data mining/artificial intelligence.
Experience of working as a hands-on data scientist in pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
Hands-on experience with Python programming and common NLP libraries (e.g., transformers, gensim, spaCy, etc.)
Familiarity with essential frameworks (e.g. PyTorch) and infrastructure components (Docker, GPU) for training, fine-tuning and evaluating NLP tasks
Experience in using both open source (e.g. HuggingFace) and closed source LLM models with different deep learning architectures
Experience implementing RAG, working with knowledge databases and using LLM through APIs
Familiarity with best practices for code generation, code documentation, data security, and compliance in cloud-based data science workflows.
Data storytelling skills and using visualization tools to communicate data and results with a non-technical audience.
Relocation benefits are not available for this position.
Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.
As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
