NLP Data Scientist for Drug Safety & Knowledge Extraction

European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research organization in the UK seeks talented NLP data scientists or bioinformaticians for a 3-year project aimed at developing machine learning pipelines to extract drug side effects from multiple sources. This role emphasizes applying modern NLP techniques and requires collaboration with renowned pharmaceutical partners to improve drug safety. Candidates should possess strong attention to detail and proficiency in Python, along with a relevant graduate degree. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Financial incentives and allowances

Flexible working arrangements

Private medical insurance

Generous annual leave

Relocation package

On-site benefits and activities

Qualifications

• Experience with language models e.g. transformer models, LLMs, AI agents for information extraction.
• Experience with document preprocessing, cleaning and transformation techniques including mapping to ontologies.
• Strong communication skills, both presentations and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Develop machine learning pipelines for extracting drug side effects.
• Investigate modern NLP methodologies for data extraction.
• Collaborate with Safety 2.0 project group.

Skills

Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Python

Data Analysis

Cheminformatics Knowledge

Team Collaboration

Education

PhD or Masters in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or Cheminformatics

Tools

Data Frameworks (pySpark, pandas, Polar)

Job description

A leading research organization in the UK seeks talented NLP data scientists or bioinformaticians for a 3-year project aimed at developing machine learning pipelines to extract drug side effects from multiple sources. This role emphasizes applying modern NLP techniques and requires collaboration with renowned pharmaceutical partners to improve drug safety. Candidates should possess strong attention to detail and proficiency in Python, along with a relevant graduate degree. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including flexible working arrangements.