Bioinformatician, AI/ML – Part time for a student

Key Skills

HTML, JavaScript, Java Programming, Python Programming, Django, AWS, Machine learning techniques, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Docker, R Programming, matplotlib, plotly, Flask

Job Description

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?

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.

Interning as a Junior software developer in bioinformatics you will:

• Collaborate with a team of software engineers, machine learning experts and bioinformaticians
• Develop new solutions with real-world impact that help scientists understand disease and invent treatment 

What should you know / have:

• Current MSc or PhD student
• Strong programming skills
• Strong knowledge of Python
• Familiarity with UNIX systems and bash scripting
• Machine learning experience (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, H2O) 

We will be happy if you know some of these:

• Data visualization (Matplotlib, Plotly)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) 
• basic statistics (R language) 
• Java
• Docker
• Backend development in Python (Flask, Django)
• Frontend development (HTML, JavaScript)

What will you do / learn:

• Leverage cutting-edge computing resources (AWS, internal high-performance cluster) for executing computational tools on big biological datasets
• Contribute to real-world applications of state-of-the-art technologies (machine learning, deep learning, NLP) on biological problems
• Meet motivated and technically-skilled colleagues who will be happy to coach you on different topics from the industry
• Establish relationships with scientists from different MSD laboratories around the World, with opportunities for short-term company visit abroad as part of your future career in MSD

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

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.