Junior NLP Data Scientist

Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level A Job Title Junior NLP Data Scientist Department Chakrabarty Laboratory | Department of Psychiatry | Faculty of Medicine Compensation Range $5,692.25 - $8,179.50 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position.

In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job. Posting End Date October 15, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date August 31, 2027 This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

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Job Summary

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is seeking a part-time Junior NLP Data Scientist to join a dynamic, interdisciplinary research program focused on applying artificial intelligence to psychiatry and supportive cancer care. Under the supervision of Dr. John-Jose Nunez and Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty, Assistant Professors at the Department of Psychiatry, the successful candidate will work in close collaboration with BC Cancer. They will contribute to the technical development of research and clinical tools that use natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to improve the psychosocial health of patients and enhance care provided by clinicians.

Organizational Status The Junior NLP Data Scientist receives direct direction and reports to the Principal Investigators, Dr. John-Jose Nunez and Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty. The Data Scientist will also interact with other lab members, research assistants, trainees, and members of other departments at UBC and BC Cancer. They will help coordinate the activities of student developers on the team.

Work Performed - Help with designing and developing predictive and generative NLP pipelines using clinical data. - Assist with front-end and back-end engineering for digital health applications. - Assist with building and maintaining secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for deploying AI models (e.g., AWS). - Assist with researching state-of-the-art techniques in NLP, machine learning, and ethical AI. - Collaborate with physicians, patients, developers, and researchers to co-design and evaluate clinical tools. - Support and at times lead the preparation of peer-reviewed…

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