Drimva

Novartis

Data Scientist, AI for Biomedical Imaging

$126K–$257K

Cambridge (USA) · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026

Experience
3+ years of applied experience in AI for bioimaging and computer vision.
Education
PhD in computer science, AI, machine learning, biomedical image analysis, computational imaging, data science, or a related quantitative field.

About the job

Develops and deploys AI-powered image analysis methods and workflows to extract biological insights from imaging data and support drug discovery.

What you'll do

  • Partner with wet-lab scientists to define imaging-analysis strategies, identify valuable AI applications, and communicate methods and results.
  • Develop, validate, benchmark, and deploy image-analysis algorithms for biological phenotyping across high-throughput imaging data.
  • Build scalable, reusable workflows with data science, engineering, and platform teams.

What they ask for

  • PhD in computer science, AI, machine learning, biomedical image analysis, computational imaging, data science, or a related quantitative field.
  • 3+ years of applied experience in AI for bioimaging and computer vision.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and validating image-analysis algorithms for biological, biomedical, or pharmaceutical research.
  • Proficiency in Python and the scientific deep learning stack, plus experience with image-analysis tools and Linux-based HPC, cloud, or large-scale processing environments.

Nice to have

  • Experience with foundation models, self-supervised or multimodal learning, or embedding-based biological image analysis.
  • Familiarity with drug discovery, phenotypic screening, or pharmaceutical research processes.

Pay

$126,000 and $234,000 USD annually (base salary); $138,600 and $257,400 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Lightning, MONAI, scikit-image, OpenCV, OME-Zarr

AI focus

Applies deep learning, vision foundation models, representation learning, segmentation, classification, and multimodal integration to biomedical imaging and drug discovery.

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