Junior Data Scientist

Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Junior Data Scientist. This position supports research data analysis, dissemination, and scientific programming activities related to critical illness, infectious diseases, and related conditions of high national priority..

Job Description

The Data Engineer will design, implement, maintain, and optimize data pipelines, APIs, data transformation workflows, and supporting infrastructure. This position will work with databases, data lakes, data warehouses, feature stores, and other data platforms to ensure information can be efficiently ingested, transformed, accessed, and used by analytical and AI-enabled systems.

The Data Engineer will also develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes, feature engineering workflows, and service layers that expose data or model endpoints to downstream systems and applications.

Required Skills

Expertise in R or Python for statistical analysis and data manipulation

Experience using NLP techniques including named entity recognition, text classification, or information extraction to process data

Experience with LLM prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and LLM fine-tuning to extract structured information from unstructured data

Working knowledge of standard machine learning methods relevant to health data

Ability to critically evaluate AI/ML methods for appropriateness, bias, and validity in a clinical research context

Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical findings for clinical/non-technical collaborators

Ability to work collaboratively with physician and clinical subject matter experts

Detail-oriented, with strong data quality assurance habits

Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management abilities

Working knowledge of MS Office Suite

Working knowledge of SQL and relational database management systems (DBMS)

Preferred Skills

Experience with common NLP/ML libraries

Familiarity with clinical NLP tools or frameworks

Experience with vector databases or embedding-based retrieval for text/document search

Data visualization experience

Version control and documentation experience

Familiarity with administrative claims and/or EHR data

Prior experience in an academic, clinical, or biomedical research setting

Understanding of data privacy and regulatory requirements relevant to health data

5 years of strong healthcare data background

Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!