Senior Data Scientist at Best Buy Health in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the <strong>Senior Data Scien<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tist</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, you will work as part of a broader Data Science team in collaboration with Product and Engineering to deliver solutions focused on improving quality and efficiency of care delivery in the context of hospital-level care at home. You will play a crucial role in improving healthcare delivery and patient care by leveraging data science.</span></span></span></span></span><br><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What you'll do</span></span></b></span></span><ul><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lead data-driven decision-making by identifying key insights from large and complex datasets, driving strategic business initiatives.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Develop and implement end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and deployment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge NLP models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, and named entity recognition.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lead the research and application of advanced NLP techniques, including transformers, BERT, GPT, and other deep learning frameworks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Optimize and fine-tune NLP models for performance, accuracy, and scalability in production environments.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mentor and guide junior data scientists, promoting a culture of innovation and continuous learning.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basic qualifications</span></span></b></span></span><ul><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3+ years of hands-on experience in data science or machine learning, with a focus on NLP.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preferred qualifications</span></span></b></span></span><ul><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Extensive experience with large-scale NLP models and frameworks (e.g., BERT, GPT-3/4, T5).</span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proficiency in fine-tuning and optimizing pre-trained language models.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience with transfer learning and domain adaptation for NLP tasks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strong programming skills in Python, with expertise in NLP libraries such as spaCy, Hugging Face, or NLTK.</span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Familiarity with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience deploying machine learning models on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).</span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Solid understanding of MLOps practices for continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring of ML models.</span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Familiarity with tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar platforms.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prior experience in leading or mentoring a team of data scientists or machine learning engineers.</span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Knowledge of advanced NLP techniques such as reinforcement learning, conversational AI, or graph-based models.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><br><br>Best Buy Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of our employees and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Learn more about our Affirmative Action Policy Statement <a href="https://sn.bestbuy.com/myhr?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0207591" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br><br><strong>Reasonable Accommodation</strong><br><br>Best Buy Health will make reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants for their religious beliefs and practices, mental or physical disabilities, and pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process - to access job postings, to apply for a job, for a job interview, for pre-employment testing or with the onboarding process - please contact Talent Acquisition at talent.acquisition@bestbuy.com.<br><br>To learn more about, view the "Know Your Rights" poster and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision <a href="https://sn.bestbuy.com/myhr?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0207598" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <p> Position Type: Full timePandoLogic. Keywords: Data Scientist, Location: Boston, MA - 02108