Roche Looking for Data Scientist Associate (Internship/Co-op) at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Data Scientist Associate (Internship/Co-op)

Length: 8 months (required).

Position type: Full time (business hours) – Hybrid (required).

This internship position is located in Mississauga. Below is a description of some of the projects an intern may expect during the course of their internship.

Job Purpose

The Data Science Associate Internship role is an opportunity to be a member of an interdisciplinary scrum team responsible for designing and implementing automation-based solutions for all phases of the life cycle for R packages, Python libraries and other data science products.

Your scrum team will develop a suite of multifaceted, reusable and scalable CI/CD pipelines, both internal and open sourced, to ensure that code quality, security, and compliance are guaranteed from project inception through release. You will also play a critical role in designing and building LLM tools, frameworks, and methodologies to improve data science programming efficiency.

Job Accountabilities May Include

• Develop scalable software solutions, data pipelines and infrastructures to facilitate integration, deployment and release of R/Python and other data science languages, including AI applications
• Learn and understand software development gaps our data scientists face, and propose and deliver solutions, automations and innovations to amplify their impact
• Continually search for opportunities to automate workflows and streamline processes
• Work with business stakeholders through to highly technical software engineers to identify functional needs

Who You Are
Basic requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in a graduate program in a Master level
• Master Degree intern majoring in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and related computational field (highly preferred in the Master of Science in Applied Computing MScAC at UofT)
• Availability to attend the internship in a hybrid model, full time and for a minimum of 8 months length.
• Experience with software development workflow including versioning and code collaboration with Git, and CI/CD tools is essential
• Expert knowledge on the process of writing R/Python code, and a thought leader on how to automate development and and empower R/Python data science talent with tooling for writing, building, linting, and deploying their R/Python packages and libraries is essential
• Strong knowledge of ML concepts and understanding of ML-based product lifecycle and operations. Familiarity with ML toolkits
• Hands-on experience in building an automation infrastructure, tools, and frameworks for large-scale AI/ML or cloud-based applications leveraging cross-functional partnerships
• Demonstrated experience in evaluating and testing machine learning models. Familiarity with performance metrics, validation techniques, and statistical analysis

Other Requirements

• Passion for learning and curious about drug development in the biotech industry
• Passion for staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI models and their applications
• Familiarity with web development principles, best practices and frameworks is strongly preferred
• Student organization and/or study abroad experiences are a plus
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche’s truly innovative culture.

As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.