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Image Data Scientist


Job Location:

South San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 26 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Our client a world leader in life sciences and biotechnology is looking for a Image Data Scientist based out of South San Francisco CA.


Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Extension)



Company Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Paid Sick leave 401K


The Translational Safety Pathology Digital Pathology team is seeking an Image Data Scientist to support the development of computational image analysis workflows for digital histopathology. This role will partner closely with pathologists and cross-functional scientists to develop and apply image processing machine learning and deep learning approaches to pathology data.


Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement image analysis pipelines for digital pathology / histopathology images using classical image processing ML and deep learning techniques.
  • Process and analyze Whole Slide Images (WSI) using tools such as OpenSlide or similar.
  • Collaborate with pathologists and scientists to design image analysis workflows aligned with biological research questions.
  • Perform statistical analyses data visualization and support development of AI-driven pathology algorithms.
  • Contribute to computational tool development and workflow optimization.


Required Qualifications

  • MS/PhD in Data Science Computer Vision Bioinformatics Computational Biology or related field with 5 years of experience.
  • Strong Python programming skills including NumPy Pandas Scikit-learn OpenCV.
  • Experience with computer vision image processing classification segmentation and digital pathology analytics.
  • Hands-on experience with Whole Slide Image (WSI) analysis.
  • Expertise with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch TensorFlow or Keras.
  • Experience working in HPC environments / SLURM.
  • Proficiency with Git/GitHub/GitLab version control.


Preferred Skills

  • Digital pathology platforms (HALO Visiopharm QuPath).
  • Object detection / segmentation tools (Detectron2).
  • Workflow orchestration (Dagster Airflow).
  • Cloud computing exposure (AWS EC2).
  • GUI development using Tkinter or PyQt.




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