Data Scientist

The life sciences industry plays a significant role in advancing healthcare and improving the quality of life – in many cases, saving millions of lives globally. At BASE life science, this is the motivation for everything we do, aimed at pushing boundaries, seeking excellence, and making a lasting difference through consulting expertise and data-driven solutions.

 

Who is BASE life science?

Founded in 2007, BASE life science is a business and technology consulting enterprise working exclusively in the life sciences industry.

From our headquarters in Denmark and offices in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, we serve customers across the globe. With a deep understanding of the life sciences industry, we work hand in hand with customers to identify, develop, and implement strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and overall success through tailored solutions.

Our partnership with industry-leading solution providers, including Veeva, Salesforce, IQVIA, Benchling, and MediSpend ensures that our clients harness the full potential of the most innovative solutions on the market.

 

About the role

Are you looking forward to being at the forefront of implementing AI in the Life Science Industry?

As a Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in our team, building, maintaining, and deploying AI products tailored to the needs of our clients while staying updated with the newest trends in AI solutions. Not only will you be leveraging your expertise in the domain of AI and Automation, but you will also have the opportunity to add value to our company and future offerings. This role is offered at a consultant or senior consultant level depending on qualifications.

As a Data Scientist your responsibilities include:

• Be part of high-paced growing AI and Automation department and contribute ongoing/upcoming projects with us.
• Build, maintain, and deploy innovative in-house AI products tailored for our clients’ needs.
• Develop and launch new AI-related products to enhance our company’s offerings and market position.
• Collaborate with the sales team to provide proof of concepts (PoCs) and minimum viable products (MVPs) that demonstrate our capabilities.
• Work on client-facing projects, leveraging your data science skills to deliver impactful solutions and insights.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to refine product features and ensure alignment with client expectations.
• Mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the department.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in the domain of AI and Automation Solutions.
• Contribute to a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovation in AI solutions.

 

We offer this position in Spain.

 

What makes you the best person for this job? 

For this role, it is crucial to be a good self-starter, self-trainer, able to work independently, a problem solver and able to lead projects effectively. Also, if you enjoy working in a global environment, interact efficiently and remotely with all your key partners, and are not afraid of changes, you will succeed in a professional and dynamic international top team like ours.

On top of this, you must have the following competences:

• 3+ years of experience in Data Science role with a particular focus on ML, NLP and LLM
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Proven experience with LLM frameworks (e.g., GPT, BERT, etc.) and LangChain, Prompt Flow or similar libraries.
• Familiarity with at least of one of the cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their AI/ML services.
• Experience with NLP techniques and tools as well as NLP libraries and frameworks (e.g., spaCy, NLTK).
• Hands-on experience with Hugging Face transformers and models.
• Proficiency with version control systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

It will be a plus if you have these additional capabilities:

• Experience with ML-Ops practices and tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, CI/CD for ML).
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Understanding of virtual machines and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proven experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry is a high plus.

 

What makes us the best employer for you?

BASE life science has been recognized as an outstanding workplace, earning us the Great Place To Work certification in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

We are proud to represent 35+ nationalities among our colleagues, and firmly believe in the power of diverse perspectives and characteristics to drive truly innovative solutions and achieving excellence.

At the heart of our organization lies a foundation grounded in five core values: team spirit, trust, openness, ambition, and execution. We cultivate an environment that champions flexibility, placing confidence in our employees to successfully complete tasks while upholding a healthy work-life balance. Additionally, we place significance in cross-functional collaboration, where niche skills and specialisms are valued and challenging the status quo is encouraged.

 

Additionally, we offer you:

• Health insurance.
• Remote work friendliness.
• Ongoing learning and development.
• Flexible schedules to fit your work to your routine.
• Contributions to physical, social, and emotional health.
• Home office setup with laptop and other electronic devices.
• The chance to help make a difference for patients around the world.

 

Interested?   

If you find this position intriguing, don’t delay—submit your application in English at your earliest convenience. We are continuously reviewing and assessing all incoming candidates and eagerly await your application.