Staff Data Scientist & AI Engineer — Veterinary AI Solutions

IDEXX; Westbrook (CT); On-site; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual cash bonus

Health/Dental/Vision Day-One

5% matching 401k

Employee stock program

Job summary

IDEXX seeks a Staff Data Scientist- AI Engineer Clinical Solutions to build AI-powered solutions advancing veterinary healthcare. You will design and deploy models using Python, Databricks, and MLflow to support clinical decision-making and diagnostic workflows.

You will work with clinical data (EMR, imaging, lab results), develop disease risk and prognosis models, and collaborate with veterinary experts to translate questions into scalable data science solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing ML/AI solutions using Python (Pandas, PySpark, scikit-learn, MLflow).
• Experience working with large, distributed datasets.
• Strong background in machine learning, NLP, and statistical methods.
• Experience in data exploration, analysis, and visualization.
• Ability to build and deploy end-to-end data science solutions.
• Strong SQL and data transformation skills.
• Experience using Git for collaborative development.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work across the full data science lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and operationalize AI models using Python, Databricks, and MLflow for veterinary healthcare applications.
• Apply ML and NLP to structured and unstructured clinical data (EMR, imaging, labs).
• Develop predictive models for disease risk, prognosis, and treatment outcomes.
• Collaborate with veterinary experts to translate domain questions into scalable data science solutions.
• Build explainable AI models to support clinical decisions and trust in insights.
• Contribute to evaluation frameworks for AI-driven tools and solutions.
• Collaborate with data engineers to implement scalable data pipelines on Databricks.
• Apply prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to improve generative AI performance.
• Participate in agile development cycles with clear documentation and experiment traceability.
• Use Git for version control and collaborative development.

Skills

Python

Pandas

PySpark

scikit-learn

MLflow

NLP

SQL

Git

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Job description

IDEXX seeks a Staff Data Scientist- AI Engineer Clinical Solutions to build AI-powered solutions advancing veterinary healthcare. You will design and deploy models using Python, Databricks, and MLflow to support clinical decision-making and diagnostic workflows.

You will work with clinical data (EMR, imaging, lab results), develop disease risk and prognosis models, and collaborate with veterinary experts to translate questions into scalable data science solutions.