DescriptionWe are seeking a skilled Data Scientist Ito join our team in the SinAI Assurance Lab. The position will play a key role in Machine Learning Operations and be responsible for validation monitoring and governanceof AI models across clinical workflows at the Mount Sinai Health System. This role will ensure that these models meet Mount Sinais high standards for safety equity and real-world performance.
You will work in partnership with the AI Governance Committee product owners clinicians Epic technical team and DevOps teams to rigorously evaluate both Generative and Non-Generative AI tools before and after deployment.
ResponsibilitiesCore ML & Validation
- Curate clean and manage large complex datasets from various sources for modeling and analysis.
- Assist indesigning evaluating and refining ML models including performance benchmarking and fairness analysis.
- Develop and runmodel validation testsfor robustness accuracy and generalizability across demographic subgroups.
- Collaborate on model QA and deployment workflows with engineering teams ensuring models are safe and production ready.
AI Product Governance
- Design validation protocols for AI models to ensureethical use bias mitigation and regulatory compliance.
- Monitor deployed models for performance degradation drift and bias over time.
- Ensure auditability of all validation and monitoring outputs using standardized documentation practices.
- Assist in compliance workflows includingtraceability re-validation and version documentationof AI tools.
- Ensure products maintain expected performance in clinical settings by tracking model drift bias and data integrity issues
Communication & Reporting
- Translate statistical and technical insights into accessible reports for clinicians product managers and governance bodies.
- Present results from AI validation testing and monitoring to stakeholders and contribute to institutional governance decisions.
- Maintain rigorous documentation on model performance validation methods and compliance actions.
- Stay current withemerging best practices in AI model development validation safety transparency and interpretability.
Qualifications- Masters degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Statistics Operations Research Bioinformatics Economics Computational Biology Computer Science Information Technology Mathematics Physics) or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of work experience in data science software engineering or data analysis
- Experience with at least one programming language among Scala Python Java C or C.
- Expert knowledge on Machine Learning Algorithms
- Proficiency in database languages (e.g. SQL NoSQL) and cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP)
- Proficiency in visualization tools like Plotly Tableau Power BI
- Familiarity with ML lifecycle management tools (e.g. MLflow Kubeflow Airflow) Experience with monitoring tools for AI model tracking
- Understanding of DevOps principles CI/CD pipelines and containerization (e.g. Docker Kubernetes)
- Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
- Knowledge of big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop Spark)
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams