Postdoctoral Researcher

Truveta is the world’s first health provider led data platform with a vision of Saving Lives with Data. Our mission is to enable researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care. Achieving Truveta’ s ambitious vision requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.

Our headquarters are in the greater Seattle area, but we celebrate and embrace a remote culture.  Participation in the Postdoctoral Research program requires that you are physically present in the United States for the duration of the internship.

Who We Need 

Truveta is rapidly building a talented and diverse team to tackle complex health and technical challenges. Beyond core capabilities, we are seeking problem solvers, passionate and collaborative teammates, and those willing to roll up their sleeves while making a difference. If you are interested in the opportunity to pursue purposeful work, join a mission-driven team, and build a rewarding career while having fun, Truveta may be the perfect fit for you.

Program Details

Our Postdoctoral Research program is designed for post-doctoral candidates who have completed their PhD within the last two years and worked in their area of expertise since graduation as a postdoc, professor, or industry researcher/scientist. Candidates are expected to demonstrate both independence in defining their research strategy within a domain as well as an ability to apply the innovative solutions in our products. Our internships are designed to be a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months, with the opportunity to extend beyond the initially agreed term based on company needs and candidate’s desires. Truveta can accommodate full/part time hours throughout the year. If you are a master’s candidate, please apply to our other job posting.

The Postdoctoral Research Program is open throughout the year (not only summer) for candidates that satisfy the above conditions.

This Opportunity:

We are looking for machine learning experts who can utilize applied science and software development skills in building our Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that help us address some of the hardest problems towards our vision of Saving Lives with Data. You will work in an exciting and fast-paced environment, collaborating closely with multiple teams across the company. You will work as part of an organization that brings together talent of diverse backgrounds including software engineering, big data, machine learning and AI, clinical informatics, medicine making our team an exciting place to work. We value and encourage diversity in the belief that our differences make us and our products better.

In this role, you will:

• Innovate in applying State-of-the-art (SOTA) Artificial Intelligence techniques
• Collaborate with and contribute to the success of other teams and team members
• Collaborate with internal groups of experts with diverse backgrounds
• Deliver next generation of innovation in trustworthy healthcare

Key Qualifications:

Candidates need to have completed their PhD within the past two years to qualify for this program.

Expertise in applying ML/AI SOTA methods in at least one of the following focus areas:

• Natural language processing
• Image processing
• Genomic data processing
• Multimodal modeling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in adopting pretrained models to new scenarios with additional structured/unstructured inputs
• Good written and verbal communication, including good presentation skills
• Key Differentiators: Grounded in a growth mindset, advocate for inclusion and diversity
• Experience using Spark/PySpark, Jupyter notebook, common ML toolkits

Why Truveta? 

Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well-funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together. 

We offer: 

• Competitive compensation
• Company-issued laptop and equipment
• Opportunities for future full-time positions

Truveta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.