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Job description
Senior Data Scientist
Full-time, Days job at Northwestern Medicine Corporate. Chicago, IL.
The salary range for this position is $49.52 - $66.85 (Hourly Rate). Placement within the salary range is dependent on several factors such as relevant work experience and internal equity. For positions represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range is guided by the rules outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.
Benefits
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellness Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world‑class care. You will work alongside some of the best clinical talent, leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, fueling our commitment to equity and a culture of service.
Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support, and student loan repayment. Create the life you envision with flexible work options, a reimbursable Well‑Being Fund, and a Total Rewards package that supports your physical, mental, emotional, and financial well‑being. Make a difference through volunteer opportunities offered in local communities and drive inclusive change through workforce‑led resource groups.
Description
The Senior Data Scientist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and regulatory standards.
Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative, high‑value solutions to transform health care. We support the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to patients, guests, and internal clients across the organization. Our team ensures that systems work together seamlessly to support technology’s critical role in shaping the future of health care.
Information Services strategically supports the organization through:
Enabling digital solutions by leveraging AI, automation, and advanced cyber controls that support digital transformation strategies
Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas
Further developing an end‑user support model to enhance modern infrastructure
Responsibilities
Lead the Data Science team, collaborating with stakeholders to design, build, and evaluate solutions to business and clinical problems. Use data, statistics, and machine learning tools to construct solutions that meet requirements and deliver tangible impact. Bring a product mindset to a technical field, design solutions that deliver value, can be maintained, and train the rest of the team to adopt this mindset.
Conduct research, development, and prototyping of advanced technology solutions for the Canning Thoracic Institute, enhancing medical training, improving quality of care, and enabling timely interventions for pulmonary and thoracic patients.
Develop advanced technologies that enable using medical data across multiple modalities (lung sounds, ECG waveforms, airway videos, CT imaging, clinical notes, etc.)
Qualifications
Required:
Master’s degree or equivalent experience in CS, Engineering, Math, Physics, or a related field
At least 5 years of experience in machine learning with a focus on model building, outcome analysis, and model deployment
Professional experience with cloud platforms such as Azure for scalable data processing and model deployment
Proficiency in SQL, Python, and a deep learning library like PyTorch
Strong problem‑solving skills: analyze complex problems, break them into components, and devise effective solutions
Comfort navigating ambiguity: deliver results with minimal guidance
Strong stakeholder management skills: build and grow relationships to ensure alignment and successful implementation of data‑driven solutions
Mentor the team on programming, deployment, maintenance, project lifecycle, and stakeholder engagement
Systems‑level thinking: understand how solutions are used and identify components that need to be built or integrated
Experience running projects from inception to deployment; familiarity with the product development lifecycle
Experience leading and influencing cross‑functional teams
Product mindset: identify and design solutions that solve a family of problems, rather than treating every problem as unique; design systems that can be maintained
Preferred:
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Knowledge of audio processing techniques and algorithms: Collect, preprocess, and augment audio datasets, converting raw audio into spectrogram images
Apply techniques such as data augmentation (noise addition, time shifting, etc.) to enhance model robustness
Strong understanding of image processing techniques and algorithms: Experience with classic and modern computer vision techniques (object detection, image segmentation, feature extraction)
Domain knowledge in healthcare: understanding of terminology, workflows, and challenges to collaborate effectively with clinicians
Experience with health‑care data integration (PHI/HIPAA, HL7 FHIR)
Familiarity with FDA regulation for software as a medical device
Experience making strategic decisions for a team while considering short‑ and long‑term impacts
Equal Opportunity
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.
If we offer you a job, we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a case‑by‑case basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well‑being while protecting against unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section for more details.
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Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
Who can apply
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