Junior Data Scientist Intern - Developing Predictive Models

SOPHiA GENETICS; Pessac; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading AI-assisted medicine company in Pessac is offering a full-time internship for a Data Scientist. This role focuses on developing machine learning models to predict clinical outcomes in patients with genitourinary cancer. Ideal candidates are pursuing a Master's in Biostatistics or related field, with proficiency in machine learning and Python. This internship offers the opportunity to work with real-world multimodal data and contribute to impactful clinical research.

Prestations

Health benefits with 80% employer contributions

Life insurance and pensions contribution

Meal vouchers and home office allowances

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Biostatistics, machine learning, and Python.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• A team player who collaborates well with others but can also work autonomously.

Responsabilités

• Preparing and cleaning multimodal data sets, including clinical and genomic data.
• Training and validating machine learning models for predictive modelling in various cancers.
• Post‑processing and interpreting results to generate actionable clinical insights.
• Integrating selected models into Digital Twins.
• Presenting findings and results to the team.

Connaissances

Proficiency in Biostatistics

Machine learning

Python

Strong communication skills in English

Formation

Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field

Description du poste

Project: Developing Predictive Models of Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Genitourinary Cancer

Complete an internship project at SOPHiAGENETICS whose mission is to build the future of AI-assisted medicine. Joining the R&D Multimodal Biostatistics team as a Data Scientist Intern.

Your mission:

Reporting to the Multimodal Biostatistics Manager, you will contribute to the ongoing development, validation and deployment of machine learning models designed to predict clinical outcomes using routinely collected multimodal data in patients with genitourinary cancer. This work will help predict patient clinical outcomes for various cancers, directly impacting clinical decision‑making and patient outcomes.

You will be involved in:

• Preparing and cleaning multimodal data sets, including clinical and genomic data.
• Training and validating machine learning models for predictive modelling in various cancers.
• Post‑processing and interpreting results to generate actionable clinical insights.
• Integrating selected models into SOPHiA DDMD Digital Twins.
• Presenting findings and results to the team.

What you will learn:

• Specialize in machine learning techniques applied to oncology research.
• Gain hands‑on experience analysing and managing real‑world multimodal data sets.
• Develop expertise in presenting and communicating predictive analysis results.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a dynamic and innovative environment.

The experience you bring:

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Biostatistics, machine learning, and Python.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• A team player who collaborates well with others but can also work autonomously.

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

Business recognition and accolades include:

• World’s most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World’s smartest companies (Top 50)
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East‑Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package (brief overview):

• Forfait‑Jour working types
• Health benefits for you and your family covered by 80% employer contributions
• Life insurance and pensions contribution
• SWILE meal vouchers and home office allowances

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous.

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action. We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn. At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal.

The Process

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Apply now with your CV and any supporting information.

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilise agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition; potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

Starting Date: February 2026

Location: Pessac, FR

Contract: 6 months Internship contract, full time

All SOPHiAGENETICS internships & apprenticeships are paid as per each country's best practices and degree level.