MSD
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Junior Machine Learning Engineer - Part time for a student

MSD · Praha, A, CZ

Actively hiring Posted about 1 month ago

Job Requirements

We’re looking for students of Czech Universities, who are interested in a long-term collaboration with MSD.

Did you always want to work in a company where your work can have a real impact? Do you enjoy working in an international environment with lots of room for personal development? Are you ready to join a company where we cherish Diversity and Inclusion and the wellbeing of our employees?

We are seeking energetic, forward-thinking professionals to join our Information Technology Center in Prague. You will have the opportunity to work on global teams to identify and tackle the biggest opportunities and challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information and technology. We offer project-based rotations to help with your professional development, and a flat, collaborative environment.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Understand the data science problem and work on the solution to maximize the value
  • Apply machine learning and other data science methods feasibility studies and prototypes
  • Transition successful prototypes to scalable production implementation and deployment
  • Deliver enterprise Computer Vision and Image processing projects using classical as well deep learning methods
  • Write unit tests and functional tests
  • Create packages and libraries
  • Possibly collaborate on a front-end or back-end
  • Use multiple collaboration DevOps tool such as JIRA, git, and Confluence
  • Stay up to date with the machine learning methods and most recent development in Python and its packages

Desired Experience and Skills

  • You should be studying Computer sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, or another related field.
  • You should have a passion for programming and interest in data science
  • Practical knowledge of basic Python language is required, advanced knowledge of Python is a major advantage
  • SQL knowledge is a plus
  • Basic knowledge of statistical methods and techniques for analyzing data is a plus
  • Basic knowledge of computer vision or image processing methods is a plus
  • Any experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as SageMaker is a plus
  • Strong analytical and logical thinking, focus on results
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
  • Strong communication & collaboration skills with diverse stakeholders

Besides a great atmosphere and flexible working environment, we also offer:

  • Hourly wage
  • Multinational environment in the leading pharma corporation
  • Meal vouchers and Multisport card
  • Development program (every month trainings, workshops, networking events, etc.)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Friendly working environment
  • Possibility of challenging career

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

Invent. Impact. Inspire.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Please note our third party recruitment partner, will retain and employ successful applicants for this program.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:

Our company does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms or recruitment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any of our employees via email, the Internet or in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our Company. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by our Company as a result of the referral or through other means.)

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