Elephas
Senior Data Scientist
Madison, Wisconsin · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 24, 2026
- Experience
- Master’s + 5 years or PhD + 2 years; 1–3 years analyzing biomedical datasets preferred.
- Education
- Master’s or PhD in Data Science, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads data science projects modeling clinical and assay data, from data quality assessment and feature engineering through model evaluation, reporting, and presentation of results.
What you'll do
- Develop and apply statistical, machine learning, and computational methods to biological, clinical, product, and operational data; build reproducible analytical pipelines and models.
- Lead project delivery and communicate complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including research presentations and publications.
- Provide technical leadership through code review and methodological guidance, and mentor data scientists.
What they ask for
- Master’s in Data Science, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field, plus 5+ years of experience; or PhD in one of these fields, plus 2+ years of experience.
- Strong background in quantitative analysis and statistics.
- Knowledge of machine learning, data science, data mining, data querying, statistics, signal processing, image processing, or related methods.
- Experience explaining complex data methodologies to non-technical stakeholders and familiarity with software development life cycle and best practices.
Nice to have
- 1–3 years of experience analyzing biomedical datasets.
- Experience programming in Python.
Tools
Python
AI focus
Applies machine learning and statistical methods to train supervised and unsupervised models on assay and clinical data.
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