Image Data Scientist

Our client, a world
leader in life sciences and biotechnology, is looking for a “Image Data
Scientist” based out of South San Francisco, CA.

Job Duration: Long
Term Contract (Possibility Of Extension)

Company
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Sick leave, 401K

The Translational
Safety, Pathology – Digital Pathology team is seeking an Image Data
Scientist to support the development of computational image analysis
workflows for digital histopathology. This role will partner closely with
pathologists and cross-functional scientists to develop and apply image
processing, machine learning, and deep learning approaches to pathology data.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop
  and implement image analysis pipelines for digital pathology /
  histopathology images using classical image processing, ML, and deep
  learning techniques.
  
• Process
  and analyze Whole Slide Images (WSI) using tools such as OpenSlide or similar.
  
• Collaborate
  with pathologists and scientists to design image analysis workflows
  aligned with biological research questions.
  
• Perform
  statistical analyses, data visualization, and support development of AI-driven
  pathology algorithms.
  
• Contribute
  to computational tool development and workflow optimization.
  

Required Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Data Science,
  Computer Vision, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field
  with 5+ years of experience.
  
• Strong Python programming skills including NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn,
  OpenCV.
  
• Experience
  with computer vision, image processing, classification, segmentation,
  and digital pathology analytics.
  
• Hands-on
  experience with Whole Slide Image (WSI) analysis.
  
• Expertise
  with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras.
  
• Experience
  working in HPC environments / SLURM.
  
• Proficiency
  with Git/GitHub/GitLab version control.
  

Preferred Skills

• Digital
  pathology platforms (HALO, Visiopharm, QuPath).
  
• Object
  detection / segmentation tools (Detectron2).
  
• Workflow
  orchestration (Dagster, Airflow).
  
• Cloud
  computing exposure (AWS EC2).
  
• GUI
  development using Tkinter or PyQt.
  

If interested, please
send us your updated resume at

[email protected]/[email protected]