Principal Data Scientist (d/f/m)

Why us?

We believe that AI has the potential to revolutionize how cancer and other complex diseases are diagnosed and treated. We also believe that AI is a tool, not an identity - without access to high-quality data and a scientifically rigorous, transparent approach to model development, AI is just a buzzword. That's where we come in.

Aignostics is a spin-off from one of Europe's largest and most prestigious university hospitals (Charité), with employees in Berlin and New York. We have received over $20M in funding from leading investors and are a growing team of over 100 interdisciplinary professionals. We work with academic partners as well as leading global life sciences companies.

As a Principal Data Scientist at Aignostics, you will play a crucial role in shaping the scientific and technical direction and integrity of our data science platform, projects, and products. You will work hand in hand with our collaborators in academia and industry to push the state of the art for digital pathology. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving scientific and technical excellence across all data science teams, ensuring we deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that transform complex biomedical data into actionable insights for cancer research and diagnostics. You will report directly to our VP of Data Science.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fun, diverse, and growing team of 100+ machine learners, software engineers, applied scientists, pathologists, and biologists to shape the next generation of cancer treatments. You will be part of a driven community that works in an agile, supportive, and interdisciplinary research environment where your results make a difference to patients. In our established startup, you have the opportunity to grow personally and technically, take on significant responsibilities, and benefit from a dynamic work environment.

Data Science or Machine Learning? We do both at Aignostics, and are convinced that both are needed for success. You can expect to work on a broad spectrum of topics from deep learning with foundation and other state-of-the-art models on terabytes of data to projects in low sample regimes and very high-dimensional and multimodal data. We have nearly all the data science challenges you can think of for you!

At Aignostics, we believe that fighting cancer is a job for people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures. We value and celebrate diversity and inclusion and are committed to offering equal employment and promotion opportunities for all applicants and employees. Applicants will be considered regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, etc. We thrive through collaboration and believe the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Where your expertise is needed

• Own the technical direction and scientific integrity of our data science platform, models, as well as algorithms
• Advise our CTO and VP of Data Science on the data science vision of Aignostics
• Align our data science strategy with business objectives to provide a competitive advantage
• Resolve technical and scientific conflicts across teams and harmonize models, analyses, and technologies to unlock synergies
• Advise product management on technical and scientific feasibility, cost, and risks of complex product features
• Drive technical and scientific design, planning, and integration of our platform across systems and algorithms
• Provide technical and scientific guidance in data science model, algorithm, and system design reviews for all teams
• Educate senior and mid-level data scientists to bring them up to the next level
• Demonstrate long-term thinking and utmost technical and scientific excellence in your individual contributions
• Lead the technical and scientific strategic planning and execution across the TechOrg's quarterly roadmap
• Champion the drive for the highest standards across data science teams
• Drive yearly operational readiness reviews of our data science models, algorithms, and systems, collaborating with owning teams
• Guide data science teams in maintaining up-to-date, high-quality documentation and code

What we are looking for

• Advanced degree in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of data science development experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles
• Proven track record of driving technical and scientific excellence and innovation in organizations with 50+ scientists and engineers
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Extensive experience with machine learning and statistical concepts, including advanced topics such as self-supervised learning, foundation models, explainable AI (XAI), multimodal models, AutoML, or survival analysis
• Extensive background in large-scale deep learning models and systems, machine learning and data science design patterns, software architecture, and clean coding
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed machine learning models and systems
• Extensive expertise in multiple programming languages and frameworks
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies (GCP, AWS), containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Ideally, you also:

• Contribute to open-source projects and technical publications
• Have experience with large scale data processing systems such as Ray, Spark, etc.
• Have worked in a regulated environment, e.g. financial services, aerospace or healthcare
• Have knowledge of digital pathology or medical imaging
• Have experience with biomedical data processing and analysis

We are still keen to hear from you if you don't match all the above points! Our needs are diverse and growing, and you are encouraged to apply if you have a strong combination of these skills.

Our tech stack
Our offer

• Join a purpose-driven startup: We are working collectively to fight cancer and improve patient outcomes. Come help us make a difference!
• Cutting-edge AI research and development, with involvement of Charité, LMU Munich, TU Berlin, and our other partners
• Work with a welcoming, diverse, and highly international team of colleagues
• Opportunity to take significant responsibility and grow your role within the startup
• Expand your skills by benefitting from our Learning & Development yearly budget of 1,000€ (plus 2 L&D days), language classes and internal development programs
• Mentoring program, where you'll learn from and mentor great experts
• Flexible working hours and teleworking policy
• Enjoy your well-deserved time off with 28 paid vacation days per year
• We are family & pet friendly and support flexible parental leave options
• Pick a subsidized membership of your choice among public transport, sports, and well-being
• Enjoy our social gatherings, lunches, and off-site events for a fun and inclusive work environment

Join us to make a difference in the fight against cancer!