Data Science Intern

Summary

Elephas, a Madison, WI based biotechnology start-up company, is seeking a highly motivated Data Science Intern to join our team. Applicants should be comfortable in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. The successful candidate will be a motivated student pursuing a career as a Data Scientist who will contribute to developing, optimizing, and validating Elephas’ cancer diagnostics platform.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Extract meaningful information from high dimensional multi-modal datasets

Assist with data analysis, modeling, visualization, interpretation, presentation and quality control of clinical and basic science data

Develop and implement algorithms or numerical methods to support quantitative analysis of platform measurement modalities

Validate and test existing analytical code to improve and harden workflows

Work collaboratively with immunologists, scientists, data and software engineers

Experience and interest in oncology, immunology, and cancer research

Education/Experience/Skills

Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field Knowledge of machine learning, data science, data mining, statistics, signal processing, image processing, etc.

Experience programming in Python is preferred

Strong background in quantitative analysis and statistics

Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Excellent verbal and written communication skills Benefits

Practical experience with varied business activities

Shadowing, mentoring, and training with experienced and accomplished professionals

Competitive compensation

Flexible schedule

Collaborative and supportive work environment

We offer our interns competitive compensation and practical industry experience, including shadowing, mentoring, and training with experienced and accomplished professionals.

DISCLAIMER The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Location

Madison, Wisconsin

Department

Research and Development Software & Analytics

Employment Type

Intern

Minimum Experience

Entry-level