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
hr@dawarconsulting.com/akansha@dawarconsulting.com