What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at Labcorp?
Labcorp is hiring a Data Scientist to join their existing team. You will produce innovative solutions driven by exploratory data analysis from complex and high-dimensional datasets. Apply knowledge of statistics, data modeling, data sciences and artificial intelligence to recognize patterns, identify opportunities and make valuable discoveries. Use a flexible, analytical approach to design, develop, and evaluate predictive models. Generate and test hypotheses and be involved from ideation through delivery.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Interpret data and learn how to present to others the stories they represent through rich and intuitive visualizations.
- Learn to develop novel ways of integrating, mining and visualizing diverse, high dimensional and poorly curated data sets.
- Develop, test and validate predictive models.
- Build underlying software infrastructure to better manage, integrate and mine the data that LabCorp processes on a daily basis.
- Work closely with engineering teams and with some supervision participate in the full development cycle from product inception, research and prototyping to release in production.
- Write production quality code while implementing your own ideas.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Experience in data analysis and statistical learning
- Experience with statistical methodologies and machine learning techniques such as: neural networks, graphical models, ensemble methods and natural language processing
- Proficiency with R/S-PLUS, R, Matlab is highly desirable.
- Strong data visualization skills.
- Familiarity with one or more machine learning libraries or frameworks such as: PyTorch, Tensorflow.
- Programming experience in Java, Python or Perl and experience with rational and non-structure databases is highly desirable
- Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.
- Ability to collaborate with the team and translate existing research into practical solutions and products ability to build and manage relationships with various collaborators across and outside the company.
- Comfortable working with both technical and non-technical staff to translate concepts and algorithms into working prototypes.
Requirements:
- Advance degree is required in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Math or related field
- Must be able to provide evidence of relevant research expertise in the form of presentations, software, technical publications, and/or knowledge of applications.
- Master with at least 2 years’ or Ph.D. with experience in a Data science setting.
Benefits: All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. Regular, full-time or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(K), ESPP, Paid time off (PTO) or Flexible time off (FTO), Commissions, and Company bonus where applicable. For more detailed information, please click here.
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