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The Position
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.
The Data Science Associate Internship role is an opportunity to be a member of an interdisciplinary scrum team responsible for designing and implementing automation-based solutions for all phases of the life cycle for R packages, Python libraries and other data science products.
Your scrum team will develop a suite of multifaceted, reusable and scalable CI/CD pipelines, both internal and open sourced, to ensure that code quality, security, and compliance are guaranteed from project inception through release. You will also play a critical role in designing and building LLM tools, frameworks, and methodologies to improve data science programming efficiency.
The Opportunity
- Develop scalable software solutions, data pipelines and infrastructures to facilitate integration, deployment and release of R/Python and other data science languages, including AI applications
- Learn and understand software development gaps our data scientists face, and propose and deliver solutions, automations and innovations to amplify their impact
- Continually search for opportunities to automate workflows and streamline processes
- Work with business stakeholders through highly technical software engineers to identify functional needs
Who You Are:
- Must be currently enrolled in a graduate program at a Master level
- Master Degree intern majoring in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and related computational field (preferred in the Master of Science in Applied Computing MScAC at University of Toronto.)
- Must be able to attend the internship in a hybrid model, full-time, and for a minimum duration of 8 months
- Essential to have experience with software development workflows, including versioning, code collaboration with Git, and CI/CD tools
- Expert knowledge in writing R/Python code and leading automation of development processes, with tools for writing, building, linting, and deploying R/Python packages and libraries
- Strong understanding of ML concepts, product lifecycle, hands-on experience with automation infrastructure for AI/ML or cloud-based applications, and familiarity with ML toolkits, performance metrics, validation techniques, and statistical analysis
Preferred:
- Enthusiastic about learning and curious about drug development in the biotech industry
- Passionate about staying updated with advancements in AI models and their applications; familiarity with web development principles and frameworks is strongly preferred.
- Experience in student organizations and/or study abroad is a plus
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills; aligns with our culture of Integrity, Courage, and Passion
Additional Information:
- Duration (8 months), work term (Full time) and will begin in (May, 2025)
- Location: Based in Mississauga, Ontario
- Our team follows a hybrid work structure (minimum 3 days in the office).
This position is not eligible for relocation support.
Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.
As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
